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tomasplsek / Beta-modelling

Interactive tool for fitting surface brightness distribution of astronomical X-ray images using Sherpa package
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galaxy cluster #1

Open gabriel-fontinele opened 6 months ago

gabriel-fontinele commented 6 months ago

Does this package also work for galaxy clusters or only for elliptical galaxies?

tomasplsek commented 6 months ago

Does this package also work for galaxy clusters or only for elliptical galaxies?

The tool should work for any extended X-ray source that can be described with a single/double/triple beta model. So yes, it can be used to fit both elliptical galaxies as well as galaxy clusters.