grandma-stack

Tool for stacking astronomical image

Installation

1. Install Sextractor

2. Install Scamp

3. Install stdpipe

   • Clone the project
   • Go into the stdpipe repertory
   • Run : pip install .

4. Install the tool

   • Clone the project
   • Go into the grandma-stack repertory
   • Run : pip install .

Running

1. Put the flat images in a repertory named flat
2. Put the bias images in a repertory named dark
3. Put the raw images to stackin a repertory named : raw

Arguments:
--images : Path to the repertory containing the flat, bias and raw images
--ra : Radial ascension of the target
--dec : Declination of the target
--outname : name of the output image
--astrometry : Whether refining the astrometry using Scamp (Default : True)