Imfit: A fast, flexible new program for astronomical image fitting

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 799, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Erwin, Peter ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Galaxies: bulges; Galaxies: photometry; Galaxies: structure; Methods: data analysis; Techniques: image processing; Techniques: photometric

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922385954     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/799/2/226     Document Type: Article

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