MoffatPSF

class simcado.psf.MoffatPSF(fwhm, **kwargs)[source]

Bases: simcado.psf.PSF

Generate a PSF for a Moffat function. Alpha is generated from the FWHM and Beta = 4.765 (from Trujillo et al. 2001)

Parameters
fwhmfloat

[arcsec] the equivalent FWHM of the Airy disk core.

sizeint

[pixel] the side length of the array

pix_resfloat

[arcsec] the pixel scale used in the array, default is 0.004

modestr

[‘oversample’,’linear_interp’] see Kernel2D (scipy.convolution.core)