lightcurator 1.0.0a0

Creates a lightcurve database of series of images.

LightCurve

LightCurve is a module that creates light curves of a similar field of stars. This is useful in time domain astronomy in search of transient events and studies of variable stars, i.e. eclipsing binaries.

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Installation

Usage

import lightcurves as lc

object_table = lc.makelist('')

# parallelized alignment
object_table = lc.paralign(object_table)

# or serial alignment
object_table = lc.align(object_table)

# All-in-one
object_table = lc.do_lightcurve(object_table)

The process follows:

1. Take image list
   • Options (*or considerations)
     • Reduce images
     • Assign WCS*
2. Align images (How does reducing affect WCS?) 2.1 [Create a deep sky image pending]
3. Sorce extraction [from deepsky image]
4. Match sources between images [pending]
5. Create Timeseries plot of different sources
6. Create reference image with all candidate sources circled

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