Curvit: An open-source Python package to generate light curves from UVIT data

Title

Curvit: An open-source Python package to generate light curves from UVIT data

Creator

Joseph P.; Stalin C.S.; Tandon S.N.; Ghosh S.K.

Description

Curvit is an open-source Python package that facilitates the creation of light curves from the data collected by the Ultra-Violet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) onboard AstroSat, Indias first multi-wavelength astronomical satellite. The input to Curvit is the calibrated events list generated by the UVIT-Payload Operation Center (UVIT-POC) and made available to the principal investigators through the Indian Space Science Data Center. The features of Curvit include: (i) automatically detecting sources and generating light curves for all the detected sources and (ii) custom generation of light curve for any particular source of interest. We present here the capabilities of Curvit and demonstrate its usability on the UVIT observations of the intermediate polar FO Aqr as an example. Curvit is publicly available on GitHub at https://github.com/prajwel/curvit. 2021, Indian Academy of Sciences.

Source

Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy, Vol-42, No. 2

Date

2021-01-01

Publisher

Springer

Subject

AstroSatUVITvariability

Coverage

Joseph P., Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, 560 034, India, Department of Physics, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, 560 029, India; Stalin C.S., Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, 560 034, India; Tandon S.N., Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, 411 007, India; Ghosh S.K., Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, 400 005, India

Rights

All Open Access; Green Open Access

Relation

ISSN: 2506335

Format

Online

Language

English

Type

Article

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1007/s12036-020-09680-5

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