Geometry Functions (photutils.geometry)

Introduction

The photutils.geometry package contains low-level geometry functions used mainly by aperture_photometry.

Reference/API

This subpackage provides low-level geometry functions.

Functions

circular_overlap_grid(xmin, xmax, ymin, ...)

Area of overlap between a circle and a pixel grid.

elliptical_overlap_grid(xmin, xmax, ymin, ...)

Area of overlap between an ellipse and a pixel grid.

rectangular_overlap_grid(xmin, xmax, ymin, ...)

Area of overlap between a rectangle and a pixel grid.