This project developed several image processing algorithms and manipulation routines for sunkit-image, an affiliated Python package of the Sunpy Project. The rigorous analysis of solar images is of paramount importance to the Heliophysics community as this can reveal more information on solar features and events, which in turn can affect the Earth. This project brought selected solar image processing algorithms under the umbrella of a new library.
There were four major goals as listed on the OpenAstronomy website.
These included:
- Implement the Normalizing Radial Gradient Filter
- Port the Multi-scale Gaussian Normalization
- Implement the OCCULT-2 algorithm for coronal loop tracing