Tool to perform fast PSF photometry of primary and background targets from Kepler/K2 Target Pixel Files

# PSFMachine

PRF photometry with Kepler

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PSFMachine is an open source Python tool for creating models of instrument effective Point Spread Functions (ePSFs), a.k.a Pixel Response Functions (PRFs). These models are then used to fit a scene in a stack of astronomical images. PSFMachine is able to quickly derive photometry from stacks of Kepler images and separate crowded sources.

# Installation

pip install psfmachine


# Example use

Below is an example script that shows how to use PSFMachine. Depending on the speed or your computer fitting this sort of model will probably take ~10 minutes to build 200 light curves. You can speed this up by changing some of the input parameters.

import psfmachine as psf
import lightkurve as lk
machine = psf.TPFMachine.from_TPFs(tpfs, n_r_knots=10, n_phi_knots=12)
machine.fit_lightcurves()


Funding for this project is provided by NASA ROSES grant number 80NSSC20K0874.

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