PetroFit: A Python Package for Computing Petrosian Radii and Fitting Galaxy Light Profiles
PetroFit is an open-source Python package based on Astropy and Photutils that can calculate Petrosian profiles and fit galaxy images. It offers end-to-end tools for making accurate photometric measurements, estimating morphological properties, and fitting 2D models to galaxy images. Petrosian metric...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Astronomical Society
2022
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