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photutils 3.0.1.dev126+ga04b27350

  • Getting Started
  • User Guide
    • Background Estimation (photutils.background)
    • Centroids (photutils.centroids)
    • Point-like Source Detection (photutils.detection)
    • General Source Detection and Extraction (photutils.segmentation)
    • Image Segmentation (photutils.segmentation)
    • Morphological Properties (photutils.morphology)
    • Aperture Photometry (photutils.aperture)
    • PSF Photometry (photutils.psf)
    • Building an effective Point Spread Function (ePSF)
    • Source Grouping
    • PSF Matching (photutils.psf_matching)
    • Radial Profiles (photutils.profiles)
    • Curves of Growth (photutils.profiles)
    • Elliptical Isophote Analysis (photutils.isophote)
    • Datasets and Simulation (photutils.datasets)
    • Utility Functions (photutils.utils)
    • Geometry Functions (photutils.geometry)
  • API Reference Guide
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  • Geometry Functions (photutils.geometry)

Geometry Functions (photutils.geometry)#

Introduction#

The photutils.geometry package contains low-level geometry functions used by aperture photometry to calculate the overlap of aperture shapes with a pixel grid. These functions are not intended to be used directly by users, but are used by the higher-level photutils.aperture tools.

API Reference#

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