pyXMIP (the python X-Matching and Identification Package) is an astronomical software package for cross referencing source catalogs against known databases. The package provides a variety of statistical tools for quantifying the confidence of a given match and automates queries against many of the most common astronomical databases.
- Cross match catalogs of sources from survey missions against a wide array of known source databases.
- Use statistical methodologies to model the distribution of sources and produce match probabilities.
The documentation for pyXMIP
is hosted here. It includes various example
notebooks, a complete API documentation and further information. It also includes guides on custom code implementations to
meet your science goals.
pyXMIP
may be installed from PyPI (stable versions) as follows:
>>> pip install pyxmip
To install pyXMIP
from source, you need only clone the git repository
>>> git clone https://www.github.com/eliza-diggins/pyXMIP
and then install using
>>> cd pyXMIP
>>> pip install .
You can also achieve this in one line using
>>> pip install git+https://www.github.com/eliza-diggins/pyXMIP.git