Object-oriented fitting interfaceΒΆ

In addition to fitting via the fit() function, it is possible to make use of the Fitter class to load in all the models and set the fitting parameters, and then fit sources on-demand (this can be useful for GUI tools for example). To use the Fitter class, first instantiate the class by setting up the fit parameters, similarly to the fit() function, except that no data file or output file is passed to the Fitter class:

from astropy import units as u
from sedfitter import Fitter
from sedfitter.extinction import Extinction

# Define path to models
model_dir = '/Volumes/Data/models/models_r06'

# Read in extinction law)
extinction = Extinction.from_file('kmh94.par', columns=[0, 3],
                                  wav_unit=u.micron, chi_unit=u.cm**2 / u.g)

# Define filters and apertures
filters = ['2J', '2H', '2K', 'I1', 'I2', 'I3', 'I4']
apertures = [3., 3., 3., 3., 3., 3., 3.] * u.arcsec

# Run the fitting
fitter = Fitter(filters, apertures, model_dir,
                extinction_law=extinction,
                distance_range=[1., 2.] * u.kpc,
                av_range=[0., 40.])

To fit sources, you will then need to set up Source instances. You can either set up a Source instance with a single data file line:

from sedfitter.source import Source
s = Source.from_ascii('source_2 0.0 0.0 1 1 1 0.2 0.05 1.2 0.1 1.8 0.3')

or by instantiating the class and setting the parameters manually:

s = Source()
s.name = ...
s.x = ...

Once you have a Source instance, you can pass it to the fit() method:

info = fitter.fit(s)

The returned object is a FitInfo instance which can be passed instead of a filename to all the post-processing functions (such as plot()).