This repository holds the code of the VAST Pipeline, a radio transient detection pipeline for the ASKAP survey science project, VAST.
Please read the Installation Instructions. If you have any questions or feedback, we welcome you to open an issue. If you are interested in contributing to the code, please read and follow the Contributing and Developing Guidelines.
If using this tool in your research, please cite Murphy, et al. (2021).
Python 3.8+
Astropy4+
and Pandas1+
dataframeAstropy
crossmatch), advanced (search with a fixed distance), De RuiterDask 2+
)Django3+
Web App (Bootstrap 4).parquet
and .arrow
filesPostgres12+
with Q3C pluginThe VAST Pipeline development was supported by:
We also acknowledge the LOFAR Transients Pipeline (TraP) (Swinbank, et al. 2015) from which various concepts and design choices have been implemented in the VAST Pipeline.
The developers thank the creators of SB Admin 2 to make the dashboard template freely available.