make_4gaussians_image

photutils.datasets.make_4gaussians_image(noise=True)

Make an example image containing four 2D Gaussians plus a constant background.

The background has a mean of 5.

If noise is True, then Gaussian noise with a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 5 is added to the output image.

Parameters:

noisebool, optional

Whether to include noise in the output image (default is True).

Returns:

image2D ndarray

Image containing four 2D Gaussian sources.

See also

make_100gaussians_image

Examples

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from photutils.datasets import make_4gaussians_image

image = make_4gaussians_image()
plt.imshow(image, origin='lower', interpolation='nearest')

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