Merge pull request #158 from lsst/tickets/DM-55297

DM-55297: Ensure we read in full astropy parquet metadata for reference stars.

Author: erykoff

python/lsst/fgcmcal/fgcmFitCycle.py

@@ -1620,7 +1620,10 @@ def _fgcmFitCycle(
                 flagFlag = None
 
             if _config.doReferenceCalibration:
-                refStars = handleDict['fgcmReferenceStars'].get()
+                parameters = None
+                if handleDict['fgcmReferenceStars'].ref.datasetType.storageClass_name == 'ArrowAstropy':
+                    parameters = {"strip_astropy_meta_yaml": False}
+                refStars = handleDict['fgcmReferenceStars'].get(parameters=parameters)
 
                 refMag, refMagErr = extractReferenceMags(
                     refStars,