SOFTWARE

The Joint Center for Ultraviolet Astronomy (JCUVA) provides expertise on various aspects of research support, including

  • Application development
  • Development environment setup (version control, testing, integration)
  • Consulting on research software
  • Big data analytics in Astronomy

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APPLICATIONS

MCPSim-Py: an open source python-based simulator of the performance of MCP photon-counting detectors

The application is also designed to enable testing of user designed algorithms for event detection and centroiding for all types of sources and possible photon counting regimes. Unlike other tools, the MCP transfer function can be determined empirically from a set of images obtained from a real detector, ideally very similar to the one to be simulated. Also, it is feasible to characterize the MCP transfer function with a suit of parameters.

Realistic simulations of the expected performance of space detectors can be carried in this manner to optimize the on-board software.

Prada, I. Yáñez, J, Gómez de Castro, A.I., 2021, “MCPSim-Py: an open source python-based simulator of the performance of MCP photon-counting detectors“. Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series, Proceedings Volume 11444. Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2020: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray (paper download). 

Application manual download.

Presentation download.

MCPSim-Py presentation
MCPSim-Py: an open source python-based simulator of the performance of MCP photon-counting detectors
MCPSim-Py code
Standard disclaimer
JcUVa does not guarantee that this software is free from defects. Our software is provided “as is," and you use the software at your own risk. We make no warranties as to performance, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or any other warranties whether expressed or implied. No oral or written communication from or information provided by JcUVa shall create a warranty. Under no circumstances shall JcUVa be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages resulting from the use, misuse, or inability to use this software, even if JcUVa has been advised of the possibility of such damages

LUVIPS (Laboratory of UltraViolet – Image Processing Software): This is a graphical user interface provided with different features that allow the evaluation of the performance of  photon-counting detectors.

Dependencies: astropy, cv2, glob, matplotlib,  natsort, numpy, os, pandas, photutils, platform, seaborn, shutil, sys, threading, time, tkinter, warnings.

LUV - Image Processing Software
Standard Software Disclaimer
JcUVa does not guarantee that this software is free from defects. Our software is provided “as is," and you use the software at your own risk. We make no warranties as to performance, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or any other warranties whether expressed or implied. No oral or written communication from or information provided by JcUVa shall create a warranty. Under no circumstances shall JcUVa be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages resulting from the use, misuse, or inability to use this software, even if JcUVa has been advised of the possibility of such damages
Image Processing Software
Download (single .py file)