Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[Unreleased]

Added

  • Professional documentation structure

  • ReadTheDocs integration

  • Comprehensive tutorial and FAQ

  • Contributing guidelines

[1.0.0] - 2025-01-XX

Added

  • Initial release of Stacked SEDs package

  • Galaxy image stacking with trimmed mean statistics

  • Radial photometry with background subtraction

  • Error propagation using Median Absolute Deviation

  • Command-line tools: sed-stack and sed-photom

  • Publication-ready plotting functionality

  • Comprehensive test suite with pytest

  • Example workflow with dummy data

  • YAML-based configuration system

  • Support for DS9 region files

  • Multi-filter batch processing

  • Automated CI/CD pipeline

  • Documentation with Sphinx

Core Modules

  • stacking.py: Image stacking and stamp creation

  • photometry.py: Radial profile analysis

  • plotting.py: Publication-ready plot generation

  • utils.py: Configuration and utility functions

Features

  • Robust outlier rejection during stacking

  • Automatic coordinate transformation from WCS

  • Configurable stamp sizes and trimming parameters

  • Background fitting with polynomial models

  • Error bars based on robust statistics

  • Multi-panel comparison plots

  • Extensible configuration system