Starfinder v 1.8.2b


WEB PAGE

https://www.ict.inaf.it/gitlab/laura.schreiber/starfinder2

ARCHIVE CONTENT

This archive includes the following files:
+) *.pro:
   IDL source code (tested under IDL v 8.3)
+) *_help.txt:
   ASCII files containing the help pages of the
   IDL Graphical User Interface
+) list_of_modules.txt:
   list of IDL source files with a short description of
   each routine
+) other files (*.fits, *stars.txt):
   simulated stellar field data to be used as a tutorial
   example. The files are
   synfield.fits: noisy image of the stellar field
   psf.fits: PSF used to create the stellar field
   background.fits: background added to the stellar field
   noise.fits: array of noise standard deviation for
               each pixel in the image
   stars.txt: list of positions and fluxes of the stars
              in the simulated stellar field
   psfstars.txt: list of positions of the stars to be
                 used for PSF estimation


INSTALLATION

Open the compressed archive Starfinder.zip and put all its 
content in a new directory named 'starfinder'. Then modify the 
IDL system variable !Path including the path to the new directory.

StarFinder requires some routines of
THE IDL ASTRONOMY USER'S LIBRARY (http://idlastro.gsfc.nasa.gov).


INFO / BUGS REPORT

Please send information requests and bug reports to:
Laura Schreiber (laura.schreiber@inaf.it)
Emiliano Diolaiti (emiliano.diolaiti@inaf.it)



COPYRIGHT

The Starfinder software is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
It can be used freely for research and educational purposes.

Please reference the authors in any publication resulting from
the use of the Starfinder code. The references are:

Diolaiti E., Bendinelli O., Bonaccini D., Close L.M., Currie D.G., 
Parmeggiani G., Astronomy & Astrophysics Supplement Series, 147, 
335, 2000

Schreiber L., Diolaiti E., Beltramo-Martin O., Fiorentino G., Proc. SPIE 11448, Adaptive Optics Systems VII, 114480H (14 December 2020); 
doi: 10.1117/12.2564105
