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Delphinus API Reference

delphinus.delphinus Module

Interface to dolphot [R1] and related code for reading DOLPHOT outputs.

Note that the documentation here may be copied verbatim from Andrew Dolphin’s documentation where appropriate (e.g. for defining parameters).

[R1]DOLPHOT. http://americano.dolphinsim.com/dolphot/

Classes

Dolphot(workDir, **params) The Dolphot class manages a single run of dolphot itself.
DolphotParameters([PSFPhot, FitSky, ...]) Handles parameters for Dolphot.

delphinus.phottable Module

Class for working with Dolphot output data; particularly converting text output into HDF5 files and providing nice hooks into those HDF5 tables.

Classes

BasePhotReader(filepath, nImages[, refImagePath]) Base class for reading Dolphot photometry output files.
DolphotTable(hdfPath) Represents the output from Dolphot in an HDF5 table.
FakeReader(filepath, nImages[, refImagePath]) Read Dolphot’s .fake artificial star output.

delphinus.artstars Module

Tools for working with artificial stars

Classes

ASTReducer(fakeReader, photTable) Reduce artificial star tests to yield error estimates for individual stars, completeness estimates for individual stars, and 50% completeness limits for individual bands.
StarList(nImages) Make and write an artifcial star list.