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photutils 3.0.1.dev126+ga04b27350

  • Getting Started
  • User Guide
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    • Aperture Photometry (photutils.aperture)
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    • Centroids (photutils.centroids)
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    • Point-like Source Detection (photutils.detection)
    • Geometry Functions (photutils.geometry)
    • Elliptical Isophote Analysis (photutils.isophote)
    • Morphological Properties (photutils.morphology)
      • data_properties
      • gini
    • Profiles (photutils.profiles)
    • PSF Photometry (photutils.psf)
    • PSF Matching (photutils.psf_matching)
    • Image Segmentation (photutils.segmentation)
    • Utility Functions (photutils.utils)
  • Development
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  • Morphological Properties (photutils.morphology)

Morphological Properties (photutils.morphology)#

Subpackage containing tools for measuring morphological properties of objects in an astronomical image.

Functions#

data_properties(data[, mask, background, wcs])

Calculate the morphological properties (and centroid) of a 2D array (e.g., an image cutout of an object) using image moments.

gini(data[, mask])

Calculate the Gini coefficient of an array.

User Guide#

Morphological Properties (photutils.morphology)

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