Detection (photutils.detection)

This subpackage contains tools for detecting sources in an astronomical image.

Functions

find_peaks(data, threshold, *[, box_size, ...])

Find local peaks in an image that are above a specified threshold value.

Classes

DAOStarFinder(threshold, fwhm[, ratio, ...])	Detect stars in an image using the DAOFIND (Stetson 1987) algorithm.
IRAFStarFinder(threshold, fwhm[, ...])	Detect stars in an image using IRAF's "starfind" algorithm.
StarFinder(threshold, kernel[, ...])	Detect stars in an image using a user-defined kernel.
StarFinderBase()	Abstract base class for star finders.

Class Inheritance Diagram