VIP: A Python package for high-contrast imaging

• DOI: 10.21105/joss.04774
• Publication Date: 2023-01-04T15:58:31Z
• Authors: Valentin Christiaens; Carlos Alberto Gó...; Ralf Farkas; Carl-Henrik Dahlq...; Evert Nasedkin; Julien Milli; Olivier Absil; Henry Ngo; Carles Cantero; Alan Rainot; Iain Hammond; Markus Bonse; Faustine Cantalloube; Arthur Vigan; Vijay Phanindra S...; Paul J. Hancock
• Keywords: Python

Direct imaging of exoplanets and circumstellar disks at optical infrared wavelengths requires reaching high contrasts short angular separations.This can only be achieved through the synergy advanced instrumentation, such as adaptive optics coronagraphy, with a relevant combination observing strategy post-processing algorithms to model subtract residual starlight.In this context, VIP is Python package providing tools reduce, post-process analyze high-contrast datasets, enabling detection characterization directly imaged exoplanets, disks, stellar environments.