auto-stretch 0.0.3

Stretch linear astro data for easier visualization.

Auto Stretch

Automatically stretch astronomical images in numpy array format. Useful for creating easy-to-see, non-linear jpgs from fits files.

linear (no stretch)	arcsin stretch	auto-stretch (using this library)

Installation

$ pip install auto-stretch

Usage

The stretch function operates on numpy arrays. Example use:

import numpy as np
import astropy
from auto_stretch import apply_stretch

image = np.array([[1,2],[3,1]])
stretched_image = apply_stretch(image)
print(stretched_image)

# output:
# [[0.13824057 0.51318458]
# [1.         0.13824057]]