Metadata-Version: 1.1
Name: masktools
Version: 0.0.6
Summary: Tools for making DEIMOS slit masks
Home-page: https://github.com/adwasser/masktools
Author: Asher Wasserman
Author-email: adwasser@ucsc.edu
License: MIT
Download-URL: https://github.com/adwasser/masktools/tarball/0.0.6
Description: masktools
        =========
        
        Utilities for designing DEIMOS slitmasks
        
        Contact: <adwasser@ucsc.edu>
        
        Website: <https://github.com/adwasser/masktools>
        
        Required packages
        -----------------
        * numpy (tested on 1.11.0)
        * astropy (tested on 1.1.1)
        * matplotlib (tested on 1.5.0)
        * astroquery (tested on 0.3.1)
        
        
        masktools.superskims
        --------------------
        
        This package is for creating distributions of SKiMS (Stellar Kinematics with Multiple Slits) 
        which optimally sample the integrated stellar light of a galaxy.
        
        Authors: Nicola Pastorello and Asher Wasserman
        
        This packages installs the `superskims` script, which creates dsim input files for a given galaxy.
        
        > usage: superskims [-h] [-m MU_EFF] [-r RA] [-d DEC] [-q]
        >                   name R_eff axial_ratio position_angle num_masks
        > 
        > This script generates dsim input files from the inputted galaxy parameters
        > 
        > positional arguments:
        >   name                  Name of galaxy for output and NED lookup
        >   R_eff                 Effective radius of galaxy in arcseconds
        >   axial_ratio           Ratio of minor axis to major axis
        >   position_angle        In degrees counter-clockwise from North
        >   num_masks             Number of masks for the galaxy
        > 
        > optional arguments:
        >   -h, --help            show this help message and exit
        >   -m MU_EFF, --mu_eff MU_EFF
        >                         Effective surface brightness in mag/arcsec^2, default
        >                         is 22
        >   -r RA, --ra RA        Right ascension, in degrees J2000. If name is findable
        >                         by NED, will use that one instead.
        >   -d DEC, --dec DEC     Declination, in degrees J2000. If name is findable by
        >                         NED, will use that one instead.
        >   -q, --quiet           If toggled, suppress console output.
        
        For more fine-grained control, you can access the Mask and Galaxy classes through the `masktools.superskims` package while within a python environment, e.g.,::
        
            from masktools import superskims
            from astropy.coordinates import SkyCoord
            center = SkyCoord('12h35m37.9s +12d15m50s')
            galaxy = superskims.Galaxy(name='N4551', center=center, r_eff=16.6, 
                                       axial_ratio=0.75, position_angle=70.5)
            galaxy.optimize(num_masks=4)
            for mask in galaxy.masks:
                output_file = mask.name + '_PA{:0.1f}_superskims.dsim'.format(mask.mask_pa)
                superskims.outputs.save_to_dsim(mask, galaxy.center, output_file)
        
        masktools.stars
        ---------------
        This package is for obtaining good guide stars and align stars for a mask.  Work in progress.
        The `get_table` method in the `query_usno` model is likely to be reorganized at some point.
        
        
Platform: UNKNOWN
