pyarcfire 0.1.0.dev0

A port of SpArcFiRe, a spiral arc finder

PyArcFiRe

PyArcFiRe is a python port of SpArcFiRe which is written primarily in MatLab. Like SpArcFiRe it can be used to detect spiral arcs in images, mostly for galaxy images however it perhaps may work in other contexts.

Limitations

Note that this is currently a work in progress and the project may change greatly over time.

Functionality

This port does not have all of the functionality and features of SpArcFiRe such as bar finding and fitting, automatic centering and deprojection, etc.

Installation

You can install this package by simply using the command

$ pip install pyarcfire

Interface

There are two main ways of using PyArcFiRe

1. As a python package to use in your own programs.
2. As a command line interface.

Package

The main function to interface with is called detect_spirals_in_image which takes in a grayscale image and then performs the spiral finding algorithm.

Command Line Interface

PyArcFiRe can also be interacted with through the command line interface via python -m pyarcfire .... Currently this is a work in progress and is mainly a way to drive debugging code.