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_Comment by [Rick White](https://jira.stsci.edu/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=rlw) on [JIRA](https://jira.stsci.edu/browse/HLA-1240?focusedCommentId=706814#comment-706814):_ [Michele De La Pena](https://jira.stsci.edu/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=mdelapena) OK, that is interesting!  I looked at these catalogs, and don't see any sign of the blobby distribution.  Both the...

_Comment by [Michele De La Pena](https://jira.stsci.edu/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=mdelapena) on [JIRA](https://jira.stsci.edu/browse/HLA-1240?focusedCommentId=706846#comment-706846):_ @⁣rlw To clarify, once I changed the background algorithm used, I got the nice, new, well-distributed source candidate results.  In fact, I...

_Comment by [Rick White](https://jira.stsci.edu/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=rlw) on [JIRA](https://jira.stsci.edu/browse/HLA-1240?focusedCommentId=706885#comment-706885):_ [Michele De La Pena](https://jira.stsci.edu/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=mdelapena) Do you still have the versions of the catalogs that used the 2D backgrounds? I'd like to see those too...

_Comment by [Michele De La Pena](https://jira.stsci.edu/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=mdelapena) on [JIRA](https://jira.stsci.edu/browse/HLA-1240?focusedCommentId=706903#comment-706903):_ [Rick White](https://jira.stsci.edu/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=rlw)  I have put the catalogs generated with the latest version of Drizzlepac (v3.7.1rc5) where the blobby nature of the point...

_Comment by [Rick White](https://jira.stsci.edu/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=rlw) on [JIRA](https://jira.stsci.edu/browse/HLA-1240?focusedCommentId=706958#comment-706958):_ [Michele De La Pena](https://jira.stsci.edu/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=mdelapena) Thank you. I confirm that the `segment` catalog does not look blobby with the `Background2D`, while the `point` catalog does....

_Comment by [Michele De La Pena](https://jira.stsci.edu/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=mdelapena) on [JIRA](https://jira.stsci.edu/browse/HLA-1240?focusedCommentId=706992#comment-706992):_ [Rick White](https://jira.stsci.edu/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=rlw) I have put StatsCat.tar in /home/mdelapena/ForRick.  These are the catalogs based upon the sigma-clipped statistics.  I have put BlobbyCat.tar in...

_Comment by [Rick White](https://jira.stsci.edu/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=rlw) on [JIRA](https://jira.stsci.edu/browse/HLA-1240?focusedCommentId=707061#comment-707061):_ [Michele De La Pena](https://jira.stsci.edu/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=mdelapena) I matched the objects in the two `segment` catalogs (which I will refer to as the *Single-bkg* and *Background2D* catalogs)....

_Comment by [Rick White](https://jira.stsci.edu/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=rlw) on [JIRA](https://jira.stsci.edu/browse/HLA-1240?focusedCommentId=707086#comment-707086):_ Looking at the current ops `total_trl.txt` file for this visit. In the initial sigma-clipped background computation, I see this (editted for compactness): ``` Background...

_Comment by [Rick White](https://jira.stsci.edu/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=rlw) on [JIRA](https://jira.stsci.edu/browse/HLA-1240?focusedCommentId=707878#comment-707878):_ [Michele De La Pena](https://jira.stsci.edu/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=mdelapena)  I have done more analysis on the differences between the `Background2D` and `sigma_clip` versions of the backgrounds. I have a...

_Comment by [Michele De La Pena](https://jira.stsci.edu/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=mdelapena) on [JIRA](https://jira.stsci.edu/browse/HLA-1240?focusedCommentId=708104#comment-708104):_ @⁣rlw Thank you for all your hard work.  I will check what you have done now that I am back to work...