We present a new software pipeline -- PyMorph -- for automated estimation of structural parameters of galaxies. Both parametric fits through a two dimensional bulge disk decomposition as well as structural parameter measurements like concentration, asymmetry etc. are supported. The pipeline is designed to be easy to use yet flexible; individual software modules can be replaced with ease. A find-and-fit mode is available so that all galaxies in a image can be measured with a simple command. A parallel version of the Pymorph pipeline runs on computer clusters and a Virtual Observatory compatible web enabled interface is under development.
@article{arxiv.1007.4965,
title = {PyMorph: Automated Galaxy Structural Parameter Estimation using Python},
author = {Vinu Vikram and Yogesh Wadadekar and Ajit K. Kembhavi and G. V. Vijayagovindan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1007.4965},
year = {2015}
}
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15 pages, 12 figures, 1 table, accepted for publication in MNRAS