Module Hierarchy

• ivs
  • ivs.asteroseismology
    • ivs.asteroseismology.displacements: Calculate the stellar surface displacements due to pulsations.
    • ivs.asteroseismology.granulation: Simulation of a granulation signal
    • ivs.asteroseismology.redgiantfreqs: Functions for Red Giant Seismology.
    • ivs.asteroseismology.solarosc: Simulation of a solarlike oscillations
  • ivs.aux
    • ivs.aux.argkwargparser: Automatically parse command line args and kwargs.
    • ivs.aux.decorators: Various decorator functions
    • ivs.aux.loggers: Set up and configure basic logging facilities.
    • ivs.aux.numpy_ext: Operations on numpy arrays not present in the standard package.
    • ivs.aux.numpyctypes: Module to convert a numpy array to a ctypes struct.
    • ivs.aux.progressMeter: Show progress of an arbitrary function.
    • ivs.aux.termtools: Tools for cursor and color control in the terminal
    • ivs.aux.xmlparser: Convert a XML page to a dictionary
  • ivs.catalogs
    • ivs.catalogs.coralie: Interface to s1dA spectra from the Coralie spectrograph.
    • ivs.catalogs.corot: Retrieve CoRoT data from a local data repository.
    • ivs.catalogs.crossmatch: Crossmatch catalogs for data on one target, or crossmatch entire catalogs.
    • ivs.catalogs.gator: Interface to the GATOR search engine
    • ivs.catalogs.gcpd: Interface to Geneva's Genaral Catalogue of Photometric Data
    • ivs.catalogs.hermes: Interface the spectra from the Hermes spectrograph.
    • ivs.catalogs.hipparcos: Retrieve Hipparcos epoch/intermediate photometry from the internet.
    • ivs.catalogs.kepler: Retrieve light curves from the Kepler satellite mission.
    • ivs.catalogs.mast: Interface to the MAST archive.
    • ivs.catalogs.p7: Retrieve data from the P7 photometer.
    • ivs.catalogs.sesame: Interface to Sesame for general information on a star (SIMBAD)
    • ivs.catalogs.trilegal: Web query of TRILEGAL population synthesis code.
    • ivs.catalogs.vizier: Interface to the VizieR website.
  • ivs.config: Global configuration of the IvS package.
  • ivs.coordinates
    • ivs.coordinates.vectors: Vector and coordinate identities and transformations
  • ivs.inout
    • ivs.inout.ascii: Read and write ASCII files.
    • ivs.inout.database: A simple interface to work with a database saved on the hard disk.
    • ivs.inout.fits: Read and write FITS files.
    • ivs.inout.hdf5: Read and write HDF5 files.
    • ivs.inout.http: Read or download files from the internet.
  • ivs.makedoc: Generate epydoc documentation of IvS repository and insert images.
  • ivs.observations
    • ivs.observations.airmass: Calculate airmass according to various models.
    • ivs.observations.barycentric_correction: Compute the influence of earth's orbit around the sun, and absolute stellar velocities
    • ivs.observations.distance: Calculate the distance to a star with Lutz-Kelker bias
    • ivs.observations.visibility: This module allows to calculate the altitude and airmass of an object in the sky, to determine whether it is 'observable' during day or night time, and to get the separation to the moon.
  • ivs.roche
    • ivs.roche.binary: Roche models of binary or multiple stars.
    • ivs.roche.local: Derive local quantities such as effective temperature and surface gravity for Roche potentials.
    • ivs.roche.rotation: Roche models of fast and differential rotation
  • ivs.sed
    • ivs.sed.builder: SED builder program.
    • ivs.sed.creategrids: Create photometric and spectral grid.
    • ivs.sed.decorators: Decorators specifically for SED package
    • ivs.sed.distance: Calculate the distance to a star with Lutz-Kelker bias
    • ivs.sed.extinctionmodels: Extinction models of Arenou, Drimmel and Marschall
    • ivs.sed.filters: Functions relevant for photometric calibration
    • ivs.sed.fit: Fit SED models to observed data using various approaches.
    • ivs.sed.limbdark: Interface to the limb-darkening library.
    • ivs.sed.model: Interface to the SED library.
    • ivs.sed.reddening: Definitions of interstellar reddening curves
  • ivs.sigproc
    • ivs.sigproc.errors: Determine errors on fitted parameters.
    • ivs.sigproc.evaluate: Evaluate model functions.
    • ivs.sigproc.filtering: Filter non-equidistant signals (spectra, timeseries...).
    • ivs.sigproc.fit: Fit various functions to timeseries.
    • ivs.sigproc.funclib: Database with model functions.
    • ivs.sigproc.interpol: Non-standard interpolation methods.
  • ivs.spectra
    • ivs.spectra.linelists: Access atomic data
    • ivs.spectra.lsd: Compute Least-Square-Deconvolutions of spectra.
    • ivs.spectra.model: Interface to stellar spectra library and functions to manipulate them.
    • ivs.spectra.moments: Compute the moments of a line profile.
    • ivs.spectra.tools: Manipulate or extract information from spectra.
  • ivs.statistics
    • ivs.statistics.covellipse: covellipse package Author: Joris De Ridder
    • ivs.statistics.linearregression: Easy linear fitting.
    • ivs.statistics.pca: Principal component analysis
  • ivs.timeseries
    • ivs.timeseries.decorators: Various decorator functions for time series analysis
    • ivs.timeseries.eacf: Computes the envelope auto-correlation function.
    • ivs.timeseries.freqanalyse: Frequency Analysis Routines.
    • ivs.timeseries.keplerorbit: Fit and evaluate binary (Keplerian) orbits.
    • ivs.timeseries.pergrams: Contains many different periodogram calculations
    • ivs.timeseries.windowfunctions: Window functions.
  • ivs.units
    • ivs.units.constants: List of physical constants (SI, CGS and solar)
    • ivs.units.conversions: Convert one unit (and uncertainty) to another.