VIP: A Python package for high-contrast imaging
Valentin Christiaens, Carlos Alberto Gomez Gonzalez, R. Farkas, Carl-Henrik Dahlqvist, E. Nasedkin, J. Milli, Olivier Absil, Henry Ngo, Carles Cantero, A. Rainot, Iain Hammond, Markus J. Bonse, F. Cantalloube, A. Vigan, Vijay Phanindra Srikanth Kompella, P. J. Hancock · The Journal of Open Source Software · 2023
Direct imaging of exoplanets and circumstellar disks at optical and infrared wavelengths requires reaching high contrasts at short angular separations.This can only be achieved through the synergy of advanced instrumentation, such as adaptive optics and coronagraphy, with a relevant combination of observing strategy and post-processing algorithms to model and subtract residual starlight.In this context, VIP is a Python package providing the tools to reduce, post-process and analyze high-contrast imaging datasets, enabling the detection and characterization of directly imaged exoplanets, circumstellar disks, and stellar environments.