SPHOTOM -- Package for an Automatic Multicolour Photometry

TL;DR

SPHOTOM is an automated, versatile software package for multicolour photometry that supports GUI and command line modes, enabling efficient data processing for astronomical observations on Linux systems.

Contribution

It introduces a flexible, user-friendly photometric pipeline with integrated object detection, photometry, astrometry, and calibration functionalities for astronomical imaging.

Findings

Supports automatic object detection and photometry

Includes astrometric solutions for accurate star identification

Provides calibrated magnitudes and color indices

Abstract

We present basic informations about package SPHOTOM for an automatic multicolour photometry. This package is in development for a creation of photometric pipe-line, which we plan to use in near future with our new instruments. It could operate in two independent modes, (i) GUI mode, in which user can select images and control functions of package through interface and (ii) command line mode, in which all processes are controlled using a main parameter file. SPHOTOM is developed as an universal package for Linux based systems with easy implementation for different observatories. Photometric part of package is based on Sextrator code, what allow us to detect all objects on the images and perform their photometry with different apertures. We can also perform astrometric solution for all images for a correct cross-identification of the stars on the images. The result is a catalogue of all objects with their instrumental photometric measurements which are consequently used for a differential magnitudes calculations with one ore more comparison stars, transformations to international system and colour indices determinations.