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AstroWISP: Astronomical Widefield Images Stellar Photometry
AstroWISP provides image processing tools for source extraction, background determination, point spread function/pixel response function fitting, and aperture photometry. The package is particularly well-suited for working with detectors featuring a Bayer mask (an array of microfilters applied to each detector pixel to allow color photography), such as consumer DSLR cameras. Such detectors pose significant challenges for existing tools while offering a much cheaper alternative to specialized devices. As a result, consumer DSLR cameras with Bayer masks are often underutilized for precision photometry. AstroWISP produces high-precision photometry from such images, enabling the use of such devices for detecting exoplanet transits, and is available for all major operating systems to ensure accessibility for amateur astronomers.
- Code site:
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https://github.com/kpenev/AstroWISP
https://pypi.org/project/astrowisp/
- Described in:
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https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025arXiv250714289P
- Bibcode:
- 2025ascl.soft08002P