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Tagged: Astro

Searching for Nearest-Neighbors between Two Coordinate Catalogs

Written by Taro Sato, on . Tagged: stats astro

Say I have two catalogs of points, each in two-dimensional space. For each object in a catalog, I want to find the nearest object(s) in the other catalog. I can do this by computing the distances between every single unique pair of objects and finding the ones within a search radius and possibly doing an additional sort. ... Continue reading.

Half-Light Radii for Various Profiles

Written by Taro Sato, on . Tagged: astro math

For a radial profile of I(r), the enclosed flux within the radius r is given by F(r)=02πdϕ0rdrrI(r,ϕ) . I’m only concerned about azimuthal symmetric cases, so F(r)=2π0rdrrI(r) . ... Continue reading.

Installing SExtractor on Mac OS X Snow Leopard

Written by Taro Sato on . Tagged: astro sysadmin OS X

(November 25, 2010) I screwed up SExtractor installation for no reason and in an attempt to fix it, I’ve found a few things. After wasting a few hours again, I think this installation note can work for most people who can actually build software from source… I think the usefulness of this note will be limited though, as a new release of SExtractor appears imminent. ... Continue reading.