Installation Instructions

First of all, install GALFIT if you haven’t done so. Check instructions here. Make sure that GALFIT can run in any path in your linux/macOS terminal.

If you want to learn how to use GALFIT, click here.

GALFITools supports Python 3.9 through 3.13. Optionally, we recommend using a virtual environment

Install GALFITools via pip:

pip install GALFITools

Here is a detailed video tutorial on installing GALFITools using a virtual environment created with Conda:

Get Started with GALFITools

Once installed, you can test GALFITools using any of the commands in the console.

In the example below, the command getReComp is executed in a terminal using the GALFIT output file galfit.01 to calculate the effective radius of a model with three Sersic components:

$ getReComp galfit.01
GALFITools: a library for GALFIT
Version: 1.14.1
webpage: https://github.com/canorve/GALFITools

number of model components:  3
Using a theta value of : 14.13 degrees

Total Magnitude of the galaxy: 9.79

Surface brightness at radius of 50% of light (μr): 21.15 mag/''

Mean Surface Brightness at effective radius (<μ>e): 20.27 mag/''

The radius at 50% of light is 199.64 pixels or 49.91 "

Documentation

Full documentation along usage guide can be found in https://galfitools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/.

Contributing and Support

Let us know if you have issues, questions or innovative suggestions arise, we encourage you to reach out via email to canorve [at] gmail [dot] com or initiate a discussion by opening an issue. Your input is invaluable in fostering the continual refinement of GALFITools, for the betterment of the GALFIT community and beyond.

• Issue tracker: https://github.com/canorve/GALFITools/issues.

• Source code: https://github.com/canorve/GALFITools.

• Contributions and help.

License

The codebase of GALFITools is governed by the terms of the MIT license.

Credit / Citation

If you find this code useful in your research, please use the “Cite this repository” option in the GitHub sidebar.

Additonal Resources

For further capabilities and valuable extensions pertaining to GALFIT output, such as the generation of surface brightness profiles and estimation of other photometric parameters, we invite you to explore the EllipSect tool:

EllipSect