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Welcome to the pmutil wiki!
Before using pmutil, ensure that the following external applications are installed on your system:
Executing pmutil requires python 3.8+ with the following python packages: astropy 5.0+, astroquery 0.4+, matplotlib 3.1+, numpy 1.18+, pillow 5.3+, photutils 0.7+, rawpy 0.17+, regions 0.5+, scipy 1.4+, xmltodict 0.12+
For detailed installation instructions see the page Install external packages.
- Clone the pmutil repository:
git clone https://github.com/kovihome/pmutil.git
- Navigate to the pmutil directory and install pmutil commands:
cd pmutil/pmutil/src/main ./configure
After installation pmutil's configuration files resides in the ~/.pmlib folder. Files that have to be modified are:
- ppl.cfg: pmutil configuration and default values, including file name convention.
- astrometry.cfg: astrometry.net configurations.
- sex.cfg: source-extractor configurations.
For detailed instructions to modify these files see Configuration page.
The operation of pmutil assumes certain conventions regarding the directory structure and file naming.
These conventions can be overriden by modifying ~/.pmlib/ppl.cfg configuration file.
More on conventions see Conventions page.
The complete photometry pipeline are performed by several command line scripts.
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ppl-calibration: Calibrate and stack raw images. -
ppl-refcat: Create reference catalog of variables and comparison starts for the photometry. -
ppl-photometry: Do astrometry and photometry on calibrated images, make report of the results. -
ppl-transient: Search transient objects in the photometry result. -
ppl-colorize: Create color image for demonstration purposes. -
ppl-clean: Clean up folders and archive results.
- Saving and reusing command line
- Managing image creation time
- Variable stars in the reference catalog
- Observing more object in one night
- Standard photometry
- Types of the transient search
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refcat: Photometry Reference Catalog File Structure -
*.cmb: Combined Photometry File Structure -
*.extended.aavso: AAVSO Report File Structure
For additional help, visit the pmutil GitHub page.