PySE: Software for extracting sources from radio images

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Authors
Publication date 04-2018
Journal Astronomy and Computing
Volume | Issue number 23
Pages (from-to) 92-102
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy (API)
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI)
Abstract
PySE is a Python software package for finding and measuring sources in radio telescope images. The software was designed to detect sources in the LOFAR telescope images, but can be used with images from other radio telescopes as well. We introduce the LOFAR Telescope, the context within which PySE was developed, the design of PySE, and describe how it is used. Detailed experiments on the validation and testing of PySE are then presented, along with results of performance testing. We discuss some of the current issues with the algorithms implemented in PySE and their interaction with LOFAR images, concluding with the current status of PySE and its future development.
Document type Article
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ascom.2018.02.003
Published at https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.09604
Other links http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018A%26C....23...92C
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