generate_regular_arrays

Make a regular array of telescopes and save it as astropy table.

The arrays consist of one telescope at the center of the array and or of 4 telescopes in a square grid. These arrays are used for trigger rate simulations.

The array layout files created will be available at the data/layout directory.

Command line arguments

site (str, required)

observatory site (e.g., North or South).

model_version (str, optional)

Model version to use (e.g., prod6). If not provided, the latest version is used.

Example

Runtime < 10 s.

simtools-make-regular-arrays --site=North

generate_regular_arrays.main()

Create layout array files (ecsv) of regular arrays.