castor_etc

A modular, user-friendly Python package for easy estimation and analysis of CASTOR imaging performance. See the ETC_frontend GitHub repository for a graphical user interface to complement this package.

Includes:

1. Astronomical source generation and background noise estimation

2. Telescope imaging chain simulation, featuring a pixel-based photometry approach

3. Convenience functions for converting between useful quantities (e.g., flux to electron/s to AB magnitude)

Author: Isaac Cheng Contact: isaac.cheng.ca@gmail.com

Subpackages

• castor_etc.deprecated
  • castor_etc.deprecated.uvmos_single_slit
• castor_etc.spectra
  • castor_etc.spectra.models
    • castor_etc.spectra.models.pickles
    • castor_etc.spectra.models.galaxy
    • castor_etc.spectra.models.gaia
    • castor_etc.spectra.models.flare
  • castor_etc.spectra.base
• castor_etc.data
  • castor_etc.data.sky_background
    • castor_etc.data.sky_background.background_values
  • castor_etc.data.passbands
  • castor_etc.data.pickles_spectra
  • castor_etc.data.galaxy_spectra
  • castor_etc.data.UVMOS_data
  • castor_etc.data.grism_data
  • castor_etc.data.psfs
• castor_etc.utils
  • castor_etc.utils.constants
  • castor_etc.utils.parameters
  • castor_etc.utils.conversions

Submodules

• castor_etc.sources
• castor_etc.cli
• castor_etc.photometry
• castor_etc.detector
• castor_etc.transit
• castor_etc.background
• castor_etc.grism
• castor_etc.uvmos_spectroscopy
• castor_etc.telescope

Package Contents

Functions

verify_data_installation

Scans the DATAPATH and checks if subdirectories contain any files.

Data

__BASEPATH
DATAPATH
__all__

API

castor_etc.__BASEPATH = None

castor_etc.DATAPATH = None

castor_etc.verify_data_installation()

Scans the DATAPATH and checks if subdirectories contain any files.

Returns a dictionary of {folder_name: not_empty_bool}.

castor_etc.__all__ = ['data', 'deprecated', 'spectra', 'utils', 'background', 'detector', 'grism', 'photometry', 'sources...