goodman-focus 0.1.3.dev1

Finds best focus for Goodman HTS based on a series of images obtained with different focus values

Goodman Focus Finder

Finds the best focus for one or more focus sequences.

How to Install

pip install goodman-focus

How to use it

From terminal

There is an automatic script that will obtain focus from a folder containing a focus sequence.

If you have fits files you can simply run.

goodman-focus

It will run with the following defaults:

--data-path: (Current Working Directory)
--file-pattern: *fits
--obstype: FOCUS
--features-model: gaussian
--debug: (not activated)

To get some help and a full list of options use:

goodman-focus -h

In other code

After installing using pip you can also import the class and instatiate it providing a list of arguments and values.

from goodman_focus.goodman_focus import GoodmanFocus

If no argument is provided it will run with the default values.

The list of arguments can be defined as follow:

arguments = ['--data-path', '/provide/some/path',
             '--file-pattern', '*.fits',
             '--obstype', 'FOCUS',
             '--features-model', 'gaussian',
             '--debug']

--features-model is the function/model to fit to each detected line. gaussian will use a Gaussian1D which provide more consistent results. and moffat will use a Moffat1D model which fits the profile better but is harder to control and results are less consistent than when using a gaussian.

Found a problem?

Please Open an Issue on GitHub.