Astronomy Functions, Tools and Routines


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astro-package Astronomy Functions, Tools and Routines
.check.fits.hdr Write FITS Files
.dummy.fits.hdr Write FITS Files
.make.fits.hdr Write FITS Files
.parse.fits.hdr Read FITS Files
.read.fits.hdr Read FITS Files
.read.fits.image Read FITS Files
.read.fits.table Read FITS Files
.schechter.ellipse.fit Calculate Error Matrices for a Schechter Function Fit
.schechter.fit.chi Fit to the Schechter Function
.schechter.fit.dat Fit to the Schechter Function
aaxis Add a Scientific Axis to a Plot
abox Draw a Thick Box Around a Plot
acb Add a Colourbar to a Plot
acol Convert a named colour
age Age of the Universe
age2z Redshift of the Universe at a given age
akde2d Two-Dimensional Kernel Density Estimation (Astro)
angdist Angular Diameter Distance
angsize Angular Size Conversion
aplot Scientific X-Y Plotting
aqbeta Astro:Beta Distribution (quantile)
astro Astronomy Functions, Tools and Routines
cardinal Add Cardinal Points to a Plot
cenang Central Angle
chicdf The Cumulative Distribution Function for the Chi-Squared Distribution
chipdf The Probability Density Function for the Chi-Squared Distribution
chipval The P-Value for the Chi-Squared Distribution
combrad Combine Sersic Functions
comovdist.los Co-moving Distance (Line of Sight)
comovdist.trans Co-moving Distance (Transverse)
comovvol Co-moving Volume
concen Central Concentration
convmu Convert Between Sersic Surface Brightnesses
convrad Convert Between Sersic Radii
coscalc Calculates Cosmological Parameters
ellipse Calculates Ellipse Coordinates
eta Calculate ETA of a For-Loop
gauss The Gaussian Function
get.fitskey Get FITS Keyword Value From Header
h2re Scalelength to Half-Light Radius
igamma The Incomplete Gamma Function
kron Kron Function
kronrad Kron Radius
label Add A Label To A Plot
lookback Lookback Time
lookback2z Redshift at a given Lookback Time
lumdens Luminosity Density
lumdist Luminosity Distance
nicetime Convert Seconds into a Human Readable Time
p2chi The Chi-Squared Statistic for a Given P-Value
petro Petrosian Function
petroindex Petrosian Index
petrorad Petrosian Radius
plotfits Plot FITS images
put.fitskey Put FITS Keyword Value Into Header
re2h Half-Light Radius to Scalelength
read.fits Read FITS Files
read.fitshdr Read FITS Header
read.fitsim Read FITS Image
read.fitskey Read FITS Header Keyword
read.fitstab Read FITS Table
scalemark Add a Scalemark to a Plot
schechter The Schechter Function
schechter.bin Calculate Schechter Function Binned Variables
schechter.ellipse Calculate Error Matrices for a Schechter Function Fit
schechter.fit Fit to the Schechter Function
scmean Sigma-Clipped Mean
sersic Sersic Function
shade Adds a Shaded Region to a Figure
shadowtext Add Shadowed Text to a Plot
solar Display the Absolute Magnitude of the Sun
strip Strip Leading/Trailing Characters
write.fits Write FITS Files
write.fitshdr Write FITS Headers
write.fitskey Write FITS Header Keywords
writeBin64 Transfer Binary Data To a Connection