API

Image processing

Core objects to deal with astronomical image representation and processing. See the fits manager or quickstart tutorials.

Telescope	Save and store FITS header keywords definition for a given telescope
FitsManager	A class for managing FITS files.
Image	Image object containing image data and metadata.
FITSImage	Create an image from a FITS file
Block	Single unit of processing acting on the Image object
Sequence	A sequence of Block objects to sequentially process images
SequenceParallel	A multi-process Sequence of blocks to be executed in parallel.

Sources

Objects to represent sources in astronomical images. See the sources tutorial.

PointSource	Point source (star)
ExtendedSource	Extended source (comet, galaxy or lensed source)
TraceSource	Trace source (diffracted spectrum, satellite streak or cosmic ray)

Other

Fluxes	Photometric fluxes, from single to multiple stars and apertures.
Buffer	Object to load and access adjacent items in a list