StarFinder

Synopsis: Software to analyze stellar fields designed to handle images produced by Adaptive Optics (AO) systems. Stellar photometry and astrometry in (possibly) crowded fields using a point spread function determined from the science images.

Platform: IDL language

Operating System: Any that supports IDL

History: Developed by E. Diolaiti et al. (see Diolaiti, E., Bedinelli, O., Bonaccini, D. Close, L., Currie, D., and Parmeggiani, G., A&A Supplement Series, vol. 147 (no. 2), Editions de Physique, Dec. 2000, p335-46).

Information on StarFinder can be found at the Bologna Astronomical Observatory on the StarFinder page at Bologna.

StarFinder contains many IDL source files and associate text files and a manual.

Files:	Name			Size		Description
	StarFinder			-		The StarFinder Software
		README.txt		3KB		Brief overview of the package and requirements
		starfinder_manual.pdf		505KB		Documentation
		starfinder.tar.gz		2.3MB		gziped TAR archive StarFinder. Does not include documentation.