Hi all,
Is there a mechanism for users to request epochal images for specific sources ahead of the full DP2 release?
I have a 20th mag source in the Bulge for which I would like to extract a light curve by hand. My motivation for wanting to do this is that ZTF currently produces better epochal photometry for this source than DP2 does, despite ZTF’s 1.5–2″ PSF, far smaller aperture, and higher airmass. That comparison is alarming enough that I would like to inspect the images themselves to understand what is going on.
More broadly: is there a route for users to obtain specific sets of visit or difference images when they are trying to help debug or improve the photometric pipeline? I understand that the raw, visit, difference, and template images are scheduled for the full DP2 release in Oct–Dec 2026; my question is whether targeted requests are possible before then. Note that I do see some data artifacts in the deep coadd cutouts.
