Hands on Starfinder, a software for the deep analysis of stellar fields with complex PSF

Installation and first running tests

18 Mar 2026, 17:00

1h

Aula 'Piazzi' (INAF-OACN)

Speaker

Davide Ricci (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

Description

1. A quick introduction on the starfinder package structure

2. How to install Starfinder on your laptop.

   
   
   git clone https://www.ict.inaf.it/gitlab/starfinder/starfinder-dev
   
   cd starfinder-dev
   
   python setup.py       # install deps and build Vue
   
   source venv_starfinder/bin/activate
   
   python xstarfinder.py --gui 
   
   

Step-by-step installation hands-on session.
Prerequisites:

• Python 3.13 # maybe installed with pyenv? see https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv
• pip
• Node.js & npm (for Vue client) # maybe installed with nvm? Run curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.40.4/install.sh | bash for Mac/Linux, or download and run the nvm-setup.exe from the GitHub repository (https://github.com/coreybutler/nvm-windows/releases) for Windows. Verify with nvm -v