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Changelog for python312-photutils-1.12.0-1.1.x86_64.rpm :

* Sun May 05 2024 Ben Greiner - Update to 1.12 [#]# General
* The minimum required Python is now 3.10. [#1719]
* The minimum required NumPy is now 1.23. [#1719]
* The minimum required SciPy is now 1.8. [#1719]
* The minimum required scikit-image is now 0.20. [#1719]
* The minimum required scikit-learn is now 1.1. [#1719]
* The minimum required pytest-astropy is now 0.11. [#1719]
* The minimum required sphinx-astropy is now 1.9. [#1719]
* NumPy 2.0 is supported. [#]# Bug Fixes [#]## photutils.background
* No longer warn about NaNs in the data if those NaNs are masked in mask passed to Background2D. [#1712] [#]# API Changes [#]## photutils.utils
* The default value for the ImageDepth mask_pad keyword is now set to 0. [#1714]
* Sun Feb 18 2024 Ben Greiner - Update to 1.11.0 [#]# New Features [#]## photutils.psf
* An init_params table is now included in the PSFPhotometry fit_results dictionary. [#1681]
* Added an include_localbkg keyword to the PSF photometry make_model_image and make_residual_image methods. [#1691]
* Significantly reduced the memory usage of PSF photometry when using a GriddedPSFModel PSF model. [#1679]
* Added a mode keyword to IterativePSFPhotometry for controlling the fitting mode. [#1708] [#]## photutils.datasets
* Improved the performance of make_test_psf_data when generating random coordinates with a minimum separation. [#1668] [#]## photutils.segmentation
* The SourceFinder npixels keyword can now be a tuple corresponding to the values used for the source finder and source deblender, respectively. [#1688] [#]## photutils.utils
* Improved the performance of ImageDepth when generating random coordinates with a minimum separation. [#1668] [#]# Bug Fixes [#]## photutils.psf
* Fixed an issue where PSF models produced by make_psf_model would raise an error with PSFPhotometry if the fit did not converge. [#1672]
* Fixed an issue where GriddedPSFModel fixed model parameters were not respected when copying the model or fitting with the PSF photometry classes. [#1679] [#]# API Changes [#]## photutils.aperture
* PixelAperture instances now raise an informative error message when positions is input as a zip object containing Astropy Quantity objects. [#1682] [#]## photutils.psf
* The GridddedPSFModel string representations now include the model flux, x_0, and y_0 parameters. [#1680]
* The PSF photometry make_model_image and make_residual_image methods no longer include the local background by default. This is a backwards-incompatible change. If the previous behavior is desired, set include_localbkg=True. [#1703]
* The PSF photometry finder_results attribute is now returned as a QTable instead of a list of QTable. [#1704]
* Deprecated the NonNormalizable custom warning class in favor of AstropyUserWarning. [#1710] [#]## photutils.segmentation
* The SourceCatalog get_label and get_labels methods now raise a ValueError if any of the input labels are invalid. [#1694]
* Fri Nov 24 2023 Ben Greiner - Update to 1.10.0 [#]# General
* The minimum required Astropy is now 5.1. [#1627] [#]# New Features [#]## photutils.datasets
* Added a border_size keyword to make_test_psf_data. [#1665]
* Improved the generation of random PSF positions in make_test_psf_data. [#1665] [#]## photutils.detection
* Added a min_separation keyword to DAOStarFinder and IRAFStarFinder. [#1663] [#]## photutils.morphology
* Added a wcs keyword to data_properties. [#1648] [#]## photutils.psf
* The GriddedPSFModel plot_grid method now returns a matplotlib.figure.Figure object. [#1653]
* Added the ability for the GriddedPSFModel read method to read FITS files generated by WebbPSF. [#1654]
* Added “flux_0” and “flux0” as allowed flux column names in the init_params table input to the PSF photometry objects. [#1656]
* PSF models output from prepare_psf_model can now be input into the PSF photometry classes. [#1657]
* Added make_psf_model function for making a PSF model from a 2D Astropy model. Compound models are also supported. [#1658]
* The GriddedPSFModel oversampling can now be different in the x and y directions. The oversampling attribute is now stored as a 1D numpy.ndarray with two elements. [#1664] [#]## photutils.segmentation
* The SegmentationImage make_source_mask method now uses a much faster implementation of binary dilation. [#1638]
* Added a scale keyword to the SegmentationImage.to_patches() method to scale the sizes of the polygon patches. [#1641, [#1646]]
* Improved the SegmentationImage imshow method to ensure that labels are plotted with unique colors. [#1649]
* Added a imshow_map method to SegmentationImage for plotting segmentation images with a small number of non-consecutive labels. [#1649]
* Added a reset_cmap method to SegmentationImage for resetting the colormap to a new random colormap. [#1649] [#]## photutils.utils
* Improved the generation of random aperture positions in ImageDepth. [#1666] [#]# Bug Fixes [#]## photutils.aperture
* Fixed an issue where the aperture plot method
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*kwargs were not reset to the default values when called multiple times. [#1655] [#]## photutils.psf
* Fixed a bug where SourceGrouper would fail if only one source was input. [#1617]
* Fixed a bug in GriddedPSFModel plot_grid where the grid could be plotted incorrectly if the input xygrid was not sorted in y then x order. [#1661] [#]## photutils.segmentation
* Fixed an issue where deblend_sources and SourceFinder would raise an error if the contrast keyword was set to 1 (meaning no deblending). [#1636]
* Fixed an issue where the vertices of the SegmentationImage polygons were shifted by 0.5 pixels in both x and y. [#1646]
* API Changes
* The metadata in output tables now contains a timestamp. [#1640]
* Package versions in table metadata are now stored in the “versions” key. [#1640]
* The order of the metadata in a table is now preserved when writing to a file. [#1640] [#]## photutils.psf
* Deprecated the prepare_psf_model function. Use the new make_psf_model function instead. [#1658]
* The GriddedPSFModel now stores the ePSF grid such that it is first sorted by y then by x. As a result, the order of the data and xygrid attributes may be different. [#1661]
* The oversampling attribute is now stored as a 1D numpy.ndarray with two elements. [#1664]
* A ValueError is raised if GriddedPSFModel is called with x and y arrays that have more than 2 dimensions. [#1662] [#]## photutils.segmentation
* Removed the deprecated kernel keyword from SourceCatalog. [#1613]
* Fri Aug 25 2023 Ben Greiner - Update to 1.9.0 [#]# General
* The minimum required Python is now 3.9. [#1569]
* The minimum required NumPy is now 1.22. [#1572] [#]# New Features [#]## photutils.background
* Added LocalBackground class for computing local backgrounds in a circular annulus aperture. [#1556] [#]## photutils.datasets
* Added new make_test_psf_data function. [#1558, #1582, #1585] [#]## photutils.psf
* Propagate measurement uncertainties in PSF fitting. [#1543]
* Added new PSFPhotometry and IterativePSFPhotometry classes for performing PSF-fitting photometry. [#1558, #1559, #1563, #1566, [#1567], #1581, #1586, #1590, #1594, #1603, #1604]
* Added a new SourceGrouper class. [#1558, #1605]
* Added a GriddedPSFModel fill_value attribute. [#1583]
* Added a grid_from_epsfs function to make a GriddedPSFModel from ePSFs. [#1596]
* Added a read method to GriddedPSFModel for reading “STDPSF” FITS files containing grids of ePSF models. [#1557]
* Added a plot_grid method to GriddedPSFModel for plotting ePSF grids. [#1557]
* Added a STDPSFGrid class for reading “STDPSF” FITS files containing grids of ePSF models and plotting the ePSF grids. [#1557] [#]# Bug Fixes [#]## photutils.aperture
* Fixed a bug in the validation of PixelAperture positions. [#1553] [#]# API Changes [#]## photutils.psf
* Deprecated the PSF photometry classes BasicPSFPhotometry, IterativelySubtractedPSFPhotometry, and DAOPhotPSFPhotometry. Use the new PSFPhotometry or IterativePSFPhotometry class instead. [#1578]
* Deprecated the DAOGroup, DBSCANGroup, and GroupStarsBase classes. Use the new SourceGrouper class instead. [#1578]
* Deprecated the get_grouped_psf_model and subtract_psf function. [#1578]
* Thu May 18 2023 Ben Greiner - Update to 1.8.0 [#]# New Features [#]## photutils.profiles
* The RadialProfile and CurveOfGrowth radial bins can now be directly input, which also allows for non-uniform radial spacing. [#1540] [#]# Bug Fixes [#]## photutils.psf
* Fixed an issue with the local model cache in GriddedPSFModel, significantly improving performance. [#1536] [#]# API Changes
* Removed the deprecated axes keyword in favor of ax for consistency with other packages. [#1523] [#]# photutils.aperture
* Removed the ApertureStats unpack_nddata method. [#1537] [#]# photutils.profiles
* The API for defining the radial bins for the RadialProfile and CurveOfGrowth classes was changed. While the new API allows for more flexibility, unfortunately, it is not backwards-compatible. [#1540] [#]# photutils.segmentation
* Removed the deprecated kernel keyword from detect_sources and deblend_sources. [#1524]
* Deprecated the kernel keyword in SourceCatalog. [#1525]
* Removed the deprecated outline_segments method from SegmentationImage. [#1526]
* The SourceCatalog kron_params attribute is no longer returned as a ndarray. It is returned as a tuple. [#1531]
* Wed Apr 26 2023 Ben Greiner - Update to 1.7.0 [#]# General
* The rasterio and shapely packages are now optional dependencies. [#1509] [#]# New Features [#]## photutils.aperture
* Significantly improved the performance of aperture_photometry and the PixelAperture do_photometry method for large arrays. [#1485]
* Significantly improved the performance of the PixelAperture area_overlap method, especially for large arrays. [#1490] [#]## photutils.profiles
* Added a new profiles subpackage containing RadialProfile and CurveOfGrowth classes. [#1494, #1496, #1498, #1499] [#]## photutils.psf
* Significantly improved the performance of evaluating and fitting GriddedPSFModel instances. [#1503] [#]## photutils.segmentation
* Added a size keyword to the SegmentationImage make_source_mask method. [#1506]
* Significantly improved the performance of SegmentationImage make_source_mask when using square footprints for source dilation. [#1506]
* Added the polygons property and to_patches and plot_patches methods to SegmentationImage. [#1509]
* Added polygon keyword to the Segment class. [#1509] [#]# Bug Fixes [#]## photutils.centroids
* Fixed an issue where centroid_quadratic would sometimes fail if the input data contained NaNs. [#1495] [#]## photutils.detection
* Fixed an issue with the starfinders (DAOStarFinder, IRAFStarFinder, and StarFinder) where an exception was raised if exclude_border=True and there were no detections. [#1512]. [#]## photutils.isophote
* Fixed a bug where the upper harmonics (a3, a4, b3, and b4) had the incorrect sign. [#1501]
* Fixed a bug in the calculation of the upper harmonic errors (a3_err, a4_err, b3_err, and b4_err). [#1501]. [#]## photutils.psf
* Fixed an issue where the PSF-photometry progress bar was not shown. [#1517]
* Fixed an issue where all PSF uncertainties were excluded if the last star group had no covariance matrix. [#1519] [#]## photutils.utils
* Fixed a bug in the calculation of ImageCutout xyorigin when using the \'partial\' mode when the cutout extended beyond the right or top edge. [#1508] [#]# API Changes [#]## photutils.aperture
* The ApertureStats local_bkg keyword can now be broadcast for apertures with multiple positions. [#1504] [#]## photutils.centroids
* The centroid_sources function will now raise an error if the cutout mask contains all True values. [#1516] [#]## photutils.datasets
* Removed the deprecated load_fermi_image function. [#1479] [#]## photutils.psf
* Removed the deprecated sandbox classes DiscretePRF and Reproject. [#1479] [#]## photutils.segmentation
* Removed the deprecated make_source_mask function in favor of the SegmentationImage.make_source_mask method. [#1479]
* The SegmentationImage imshow method now uses \"nearest\" interpolation instead of \"none\" to avoid rendering issues with some backends. [#1507]
* The repr() notebook output for the Segment class now includes a SVG polygon representation of the segment if the rasterio and shapely packages are installed. [#1509]
* Deprecated the SegmentationImage outline_segments method. Use the plot_patches method instead. [#1509]- Drop photutils-pr1484-no-setuptools.patch
* Thu Dec 22 2022 Ben Greiner - Update to 1.6.0 [#]# General
* Following NEP 29, the minimum required Numpy is now 1.20. [#1442]
* The minimum required Matplotlib is now 3.3.0. [#1442]
* The minimum required scikit-image is now 0.18.0. [#1442]
* The minimum required scikit-learn is now 1.0. [#1442] [#]# New Features [#]## photutils.aperture
* The ApertureStats class now accepts astropy NDData objects as input. [#1409]
* Improved the performance of aperture photometry by 10-25% (depending on the number of aperture positions). [#1438] [#]## photutils.psf
* Added a progress bar for fitting PSF photometry [#1426]
* Added a subshape keyword to the PSF-fitting classes to define the shape over which the PSF is subtracted. [#1477] [#]## photutils.segmentation
* Added the ability to slice SegmentationImage objects. [#1413]
* Added mode and fill_value keywords to SourceCatalog make_cutouts method. [#1420]
* Added segment_area source property and wcs, localbkg_width, apermask_method, and kron_params attributes to SourceCatalog. [#1425]
* Added the ability to use Quantity arrays with detect_threshold, detect_sources, deblend_sources, and SourceFinder. [#1436]
* The progress bar used when deblending sources now is prepended with “Deblending”. [#1439]
* Added “windowed” centroids to SourceCatalog. [#1447, #1468]
* Added quadratic centroids to SourceCatalog. [#1467, #1469]
* Added a progress_bar option to SourceCatalog for displaying progress bars when calculating some source properties. [#1471] [#]## photutils.utils
* Added xyorigin attribute to CutoutImage. [#1419]
* Added ImageDepth class. [#1434] [#]# Bug Fixes [#]## photutils.aperture
* Fixed a bug in the PixelAperture area_overlap method so that the returned value does not inherit the data units. [#1408]
* Fixed an issue in ApertureStats get_ids for the case when the ID numbers are not sorted (due to slicing). [#1423] [#]## photutils.datasets
* Fixed a bug in the various load functions where FITS files were not closed. [#1455] [#]## photutils.segmentation
* Fixed an issue in the SourceCatalog kron_photometry, make_kron_apertures, and plot_kron_apertures methods where the input minimum Kron and circular radii would not be applied. Instead the instance-level minima would always be used. [#1421]
* Fixed an issue where the SourceCatalog plot_kron_apertures method would raise an error for a scalar SourceCatalog. [#1421]
* Fixed an issue in SourceCatalog get_labels for the case when the labels are not sorted (due to slicing). [#1423] [#]# API Changes
* Deprecated axes keyword in favor of ax for consistency with other packages. [#1432]
* Importing tools from all subpackages now requires including the subpackage name. [#]## photutils.aperture
* Inputting PixelAperture positions as an Astropy Quantity in pixel units is no longer allowed. [#1398]
* Inputting SkyAperture shape parameters as an Astropy Quantity in pixel units is no longer allowed. [#1398]
* Removed the deprecated BoundingBox as_patch method. [#1462] [#]## photutils.centroids
* Removed the deprecated oversampling keyword in centroid_com. [#1398] [#]## photutils.datasets
* Deprecated the load_fermi_image function. [#1455] [#]## photutils.psf
* Removed the deprecated flux_residual_sigclip keyword in EPSFBuilder. Use sigma_clip instead. [#1398]
* PSF photometry classes will no longer emit a RuntimeWarning if the fitted parameter variance is negative. [#1458] [#]## photutils.segmentation
* Removed the deprecated sigclip_sigma and sigclip_iters keywords in detect_threshold. Use the sigma_clip keyword instead. [#1398]
* Removed the mask_value, sigclip_sigma, and sigclip_iters keywords in detect_threshold. Use the mask or sigma_clip keywords instead. [#1398]
* Removed the deprecated the filter_fwhm and filter_size keywords in make_source_mask. Use the kernel keyword instead. [#1398]
* If detection_cat is input to SourceCatalog, then the detection catalog source centroids and morphological/shape properties will be returned instead of calculating them from the input data. Also, if detection_cat is input, then the input wcs, apermask_method, and kron_params keywords will be ignored. [#1425]- Add photutils-pr1484-no-setuptools.patch gh#astropy/photutils#1484
* Mon Aug 01 2022 Ben Greiner - Update to 1.5.0 General
* Added tqdm as an optional dependency. [#1364] New Features
* photutils.psf - Added a mask keyword when calling the PSF-fitting classes. [#1350, #1351] - The EPSFBuilder progress bar will use tqdm if the optional package is installed. [#1367]
* photutils.segmentation - Added SourceFinder class, which is a convenience class combining detect_sources and deblend_sources. [#1344] - Added a sigma_clip keyword to detect_threshold. [#1354] - Added a make_source_mask method to SegmentationImage. [#1355] - Added a make_2dgaussian_kernel convenience function. [#1356] - Allow SegmentationImage.make_cmap background_color to be in any matplotlib color format. [#1361] - Added an imshow convenience method to SegmentationImage. [#1362] - Improved performance of deblend_sources. [#1364] - Added a progress_bar keyword to deblend_sources. [#1364] - Added a \'sinh\' mode to deblend_sources. [#1368] - Improved the resetting of cached SegmentationImage properties so that custom (non-cached) attributes can be kept. [#1368] - Added a nproc keyword to enable multiprocessing in deblend_sources and SourceFinder. [#1372] - Added a make_cutouts method to SourceCatalog for making custom-shaped cutout images. [#1376] - Added the ability to set a minimum unscaled Kron radius in SourceCatalog. [#1381]
* photutils.utils - Added a circular_footprint convenience function. [#1355] - Added a CutoutImage class. [#1376] Bug Fixes
* photutils.psf - Fixed a warning message in EPSFFitter. [#1382]
* photutils.segmentation - Fixed an issue in generating watershed markers used for source deblending. [#1383] API Changes
* photutils.centroids - Changed the axes order of oversampling keyword in centroid_com when input as a tuple. [#1358] - Deprecated the oversampling keyword in centroid_com. [#1377]
* photutils.psf - Invalid data values (i.e., NaN or inf) are now automatically masked when performing PSF fitting. [#1350] - Deprecated the sandbox classes DiscretePRF and Reproject. [#1357] - Changed the axes order of oversampling keywords when input as a tuple. [#1358] - Removed the unused shift_val keyword in EPSFBuilder and EPSFModel. [#1377] - Renamed the flux_residual_sigclip keyword (now deprecated) to sigma_clip in EPSFBuilder. [#1378] - The EPSFBuilder progress bar now requires that the optional tqdm package be installed. [#1379] - The tools in the PSF package now require keyword-only arguments. [#1386]
* photutils.segmentation - Removed the deprecated circular_aperture method from SourceCatalog. [#1329] - The SourceCatalog plot_kron_apertures method now sets a default kron_apers value. [#1346] - deblend_sources no longer allows an array to be input as a segmentation image. It must be a SegmentationImage object. [#1347] - SegmentationImage no longer allows array-like input. It must be a numpy ndarray. [#1347] - Deprecated the sigclip_sigma and sigclip_iters keywords in detect_threshold. Use the sigma_clip keyword instead. [#1354] - Deprecated the make_source_mask function in favor of the SegmentationImage.make_source_mask method. [#1355] - Deprecated the kernel keyword in detect_sources and deblend_sources. Instead, if filtering is desired, input a convolved image directly into the data parameter. [#1365] - Sources with a data minimum of zero are now treated the same as negative minima (i.e., the mode is changed to “linear”) for the “exponential” deblending mode. [#1368] - A single warning (as opposed to 1 per source) is now raised about negative/zero minimum data values using the ‘exponential’ deblending mode. The affected labels is available in a new “info” attribute. [#1368] - If the mode in deblend_sources is “exponential” or “sinh” and there are too many potential deblended sources within a given source (watershed markers), a warning will be raised and the mode will be changed to “linear”. [#1369] - The SourceCatalog make_circular_apertures and make_kron_apertures methods now return a single aperture (instead of a list with one item) for a scalar SourceCatalog. [#1376] - The SourceCatalog kron_params keyword now has an optional third item representing the minimum circular radius. [#1381] - The SourceCatalog kron_radius is now set to the minimum Kron radius (the second element of kron_params) if the data or radially weighted data sum to zero. [#1381]
* photutils.utils - The colormap returned from make_random_cmap now has colors in RGBA format. [#1361]
* Mon Mar 28 2022 Ben Greiner - Update to 1.4.0 New Features
* photutils.aperture
* Added a copy method to Aperture objects. [#1304]
* Added the ability to compare Aperture objects for equality. [#1304]
* The theta keyword for EllipticalAperture, EllipticalAnnulus, RectangularAperture, and RectangularEllipse can now be an Astropy Angle or Quantity in angular units. [#1308]
* Added an ApertureStats class for computing statistics of unmasked pixels within an aperture. [#1309, #1314, #1315, [#1318]]
* Added a dtype keyword to the ApertureMask to_image method. [#1320]
* photutils.background
* Added an alpha keyword to the Background2D.plot_meshes method. [#1286]
* Added a clip keyword to the BkgZoomInterpolator class. [#1324]
* photutils.segmentation
* Added SegmentationImage cmap attribute containing a default colormap. [#1319]
* Improved the performance of SegmentationImage and SourceCatalog, especially for large data arrays. [#1320]
* Added a convolved_data keyword to SourceCatalog. This is recommended instead of using the kernel keyword. [#1321] Bug Fixes
* photutils.aperture
* Fixed a bug in aperture_photometry where an error was not raised if the data and error arrays have different units. [#1285].
* photutils.background
* Fixed a bug in Background2D where using the pad edge method would result in incorrect image padding if only one of the axes needed padding. [#1292]
* photutils.centroid
* Fixed a bug in centroid_sources where setting error, xpeak, or ypeak to None would result in an error. [#1297]
* Fixed a bug in centroid_quadratic where inputting a mask would alter the input data array. [#1317]
* photutils.segmentation
* Fixed a bug in SourceCatalog where a UFuncTypeError would be raised if the input data had an integer dtype [#1312]. API Changes
* photutils.aperture
* A ValueError is now raised if non-positive sizes are input to sky-based apertures. [#1295]
* The BoundingBox.plot() method now returns a matplotlib.patches.Patch object. [#1305]
* Inputting PixelAperture positions as an Astropy Quantity in pixel units is deprecated. [#1310]
* Inputting SkyAperture shape parameters as an Astropy Quantity in pixel units is deprecated. [#1310]
* photutils.background
* Removed the deprecated background_mesh_ma and background_rms_mesh_ma Background2D properties. [#1280]
* By default, BkgZoomInterpolator uses clip=True to prevent the interpolation from producing values outside the given input range. If backwards-compatiblity is needed with older Photutils versions, set clip=False. [#1324]
* photutils.centroid
* Removed the deprecated centroid_epsf and gaussian1d_moments functions. [#1280]
* Importing tools from the centroids subpackage now requires including the subpackage name. [#1280]
* photutils.morphology
* Importing tools from the morphology subpackage now requires including the subpackage name. [#1280]
* photutils.segmentation
* Removed the deprecated source_properties function and the SourceProperties and LegacySourceCatalog classes. [#1280]
* Removed the deprecated the filter_kernel keyword in the detect_sources, deblend_sources, and make_source_mask functions. [#1280]
* A TypeError is raised if the input array to SegmentationImage does not have integer type. [#1319]
* A SegmentationImage may contain an array of all zeros. [#1319]
* Deprecated the mask_value keyword in detect_threshold. Use the mask keyword instead. [#1322]
* Deprecated the filter_fwhm and filter_size keywords in make_source_mask. Use the kernel keyword instead. [#1322]
* Fri Dec 24 2021 Ben Greiner - Update to 1.3.0 General
* The metadata in output tables now contains version information for all dependencies. [#1274] New Features
* photutils.centroid
* Extra keyword arguments can be input to centroid_sources that are then passed on to the centroid_func if supported. [#1276,#1278]
* photutils.segmentation
* Added copy method to SourceCatalog. [#1264]
* Added kron_photometry method to SourceCatalog. [#1264]
* Added add_extra_property, remove_extra_property, remove_extra_properties, and rename_extra_property methods and extra_properties attribute to SourceCatalog. [#1264, [#1268]]
* Added name and overwrite keywords to SourceCatalog circular_photometry and fluxfrac_radius methods. [#1264]
* SourceCatalog fluxfrac_radius was improved for cases where the source flux doesn\'t monotonically increase with increasing radius. [#1264]
* Added meta and properties attributes to SourceCatalog. [#1268]
* The SourceCatalog output table (using to_table) meta dictionary now includes a field for the date/time. [#1268]
* Added SourceCatalog make_kron_apertures method. [#1268]
* Added SourceCatalog plot_circular_apertures and plot_kron_apertures methods. [#1268] Bug fixes
* photutils.segmentation
* If detection_catalog is input to SourceCatalog then the detection centroids are used to calculate the circular_aperture, circular_photometry, and fluxfrac_radius. [#1264]
* Units are applied to SourceCatalog circular_photometry output if the input data has units. [#1264]
* SourceCatalog circular_photometry returns scalar values if catalog is scalar. [#1264]
* SourceCatalog fluxfrac_radius returns a Quantity with pixel units. [#1264]
* Fixed a bug where the SourceCatalog detection_catalog was not indexed/sliced when SourceCatalog was indexed/sliced. [#1268]
* SourceCatalog circular_photometry now returns NaN for completely-masked sources. [#1268]
* SourceCatalog kron_flux is always NaN for sources where kron_radius is NaN. [#1268]
* SourceCatalog fluxfrac_radius now returns NaN if kron_flux is zero. [#1268] API changes
* photutils.centroids
* A ValueError is now raised in centroid_sources if the input xpos or ypos is outside of the input data. [#1276]
* A ValueError is now raised in centroid_quadratic if the input xpeak or ypeak is outside of the input data. [#1276]
* NaNs are now returned from centroid_sources where the centroid failed. This is usually due to a box_size that is too small when using a fitting-based centroid function. [#1276]
* photutils.segmentation
* Renamed the SourceCatalog circular_aperture method to make_circular_apertures. The old name is deprecated. [#1268]
* The SourceCatalog kron_params keyword must have a minimum circular radius that is greater than zero. The default value is now 1.0. [#1268]
* detect_sources now uses astropy.convolution.convolve, which allows for masking pixels. [#1269]
* Sun Sep 26 2021 Ben Greiner - Update to 1.2.0
* The minimum required scipy version is 1.6.0 [#1239] photutils.aperture
* Added a mask keyword to the area_overlap method. [#1241] photutils.background
* Improved the performance of Background2D by up to 10-50% when the optional bottleneck package is installed. [#1232]
* Added a masked keyword to the background classes MeanBackground, MedianBackground, ModeEstimatorBackground, MMMBackground, SExtractorBackground, BiweightLocationBackground, StdBackgroundRMS, MADStdBackgroundRMS, and BiweightScaleBackgroundRMS. [#1232]
* Enable all background classes to work with Quantity inputs. [#1233]
* Added a markersize keyword to the Background2D method plot_meshes. [#1234]
* Added __repr__ methods to all background classes. [#1236]
* Added a grid_mode keyword to BkgZoomInterpolator. [#1239] photutils.detection
* Added a xycoords keyword to DAOStarFinder and IRAFStarFinder. [#1248] photutils.psf
* Enabled the reuse of an output table from BasicPSFPhotometry and its subclasses as an initial guess for another photometry run. [#1251]
* Added the ability to skip the group_maker step by inputing an initial guess table with a group_id column. [#1251] photutils.aperture
* Fixed a bug when converting between pixel and sky apertures with a gwcs object. [#1221] photutils.background
* Fixed an issue where Background2D could fail when using the \'pad\' edge method. [#1227] photutils.detection
* Fixed the DAOStarFinder import deprecation message. [#1195] photutils.morphology
* Fixed an issue in data_properties where a scalar background input would raise an error. [#1198] photutils.psf
* Fixed an issue in prepare_psf_model when xname or yname was None where the model offsets were applied in the wrong direction, resulting in the initial photometry guesses not being improved by the fit. [#1199] photutils.segmentation
* Fixed an issue in SourceCatalog where the user-input mask was ignored when apermask_method=\'correct\' for Kron-related calculations. [#1210]
* Fixed an issue in SourceCatalog where the segment array could incorrectly have units. [#1220] photutils.utils
* Fixed an issue in ShepardIDWInterpolator to allow its initialization with scalar data values and coordinate arrays having more than one dimension. [#1226] API changes photutils.aperture
* The ApertureMask.get_values() function now returns an empty array if there is no overlap with the data. [#1212]
* Removed the deprecated BoundingBox.slices and PixelAperture. bounding_boxes attributes. [#1215] photutils.background
* Invalid data values (i.e., NaN or inf) are now automatically masked in Background2D. [#1232]
* The background classes MeanBackground, MedianBackground, ModeEstimatorBackground, MMMBackground, SExtractorBackground, BiweightLocationBackground, StdBackgroundRMS, MADStdBackgroundRMS, and BiweightScaleBackgroundRMS now return by default a numpy.ndarray with np.nan values representing masked pixels instead of a masked array. A masked array can be returned by setting masked=True. [#1232]
* Deprecated the Background2D attributes background_mesh_ma and background_rms_mesh_ma. They have been renamed to background_mesh_masked and background_rms_mesh_masked. [#1232]
* By default, BkgZoomInterpolator now uses grid_mode=True. For zooming 2D images, this keyword should be set to True, which makes the interpolator’s behavior consistent with scipy. ndimage.map_coordinates, skimage.transform.resize, and OpenCV (cv2.resize). If backwards-compatiblity is needed with older Photutils’ versions, set grid_mode=False. [#1239] photutils.centroid
* Deprecated the gaussian1d_moments and centroid_epsf functions. [#1240] photutils.datasets
* Removed the deprecated random_state keyword in the apply_poisson_noise, make_noise_image, make_random_models_table, and make_random_gaussians_table functions. [#1244]
* make_random_models_table and make_random_gaussians_table now return an astropy QTable with version metadata. [#1247] photutils.detection
* DAOStarFinder, IRAFStarFinder, and find_peaks now return an astropy QTable with version metadata. [#1247]
* The StarFinder label column was renamed to id for consistency with the other star finder classes. [#1254] photutils.isophote
* The Isophote to_table method nows return an astropy QTable with version metadata. [#1247] photutils.psf
* BasicPSFPhotometry, IterativelySubtractedPSFPhotometry, and DAOPhotPSFPhotometry now return an astropy QTable with version metadata. [#1247] photutils.segmentation
* Deprecated the filter_kernel keyword in the detect_sources, deblend_sources, and make_source_mask functions. It has been renamed to simply kernel for consistency with SourceCatalog. [#1242]
* Removed the deprecated random_state keyword in the make_cmap method. [#1244]
* The SourceCatalog to_table method nows return an astropy QTable with version metadata. [#1247] photutils.utils
* Removed the deprecated check_random_state function. [#1244]
* Removed the deprecated random_state keyword in the make_random_cmap function. [#1244]
* Sat Mar 20 2021 Ben Greiner - Update ot Version 1.1.0 General - ------
* The minimum required python version is 3.7. [#1120] New Features - ----------- photutils.aperture
* The PixelAperture.plot() method now returns a list of matplotlib.patches.Patch objects. [#923]
* Added an area_overlap method for PixelAperture objects that gives the overlapping area of the aperture on the data. [#874]
* Added a get_overlap_slices method and a center attribute to BoundingBox. [#1157]
* Added a get_values method to ApertureMask that returns a 1D array of mask-weighted values. [#1158, #1161]
* Added get_overlap_slices method to ApertureMask. [#1165] photutils.background
* The Background2D class now accepts astropy NDData, CCDData, and Quantity objects as data inputs. [#1140] photutils.detection
* Added a StarFinder class to detect stars with a user-defined kernel. [#1182] photutils.isophote
* Added the ability to specify the output columns in the IsophoteList to_table method. [#1117] photutils.psf
* The EPSFStars class is now usable with multiprocessing. [#1152]
* Slicing EPSFStars now returns an EPSFStars instance. [#1185] photutils.segmentation
* Added a modified, significantly faster, SourceCatalog class. [#1170, #1188, #1191]
* Added circular_aperture and circular_phometry methods to the SourceCatalog class. [#1188]
* Added fwhm property to the SourceCatalog class. [#1191]
* Added fluxfrac_radius method to the SourceCatalog class. [#1192]
* Added a bbox attribute to SegmentationImage. [#1187] Bug Fixes - -------- photutils.aperture
* Slicing a scalar Aperture object now raises an informative error message. [#1154]
* Fixed an issue where ApertureMask.multiply fill_value was not applied to pixels outside of the aperture mask, but within the aperture bounding box. [#1158]
* Fixed an issue where ApertureMask.cutout would raise an error if fill_value was non-finite and the input array was integer type. [#1158]
* Fixed an issue where RectangularAnnulus with a non-default h_in would give an incorrect ApertureMask. [#1160] photutils.isophote
* Fix computation of gradient relative error when gradient=0. [#1180] photutils.psf
* Fixed a bug in EPSFBuild where a warning was raised if the input smoothing_kernel was an numpy.ndarray. [#1146]
* Fixed a bug that caused photometry to fail on an EPSFmodel with multiple stars in a group. [#1135]
* Added a fallback aperture_radius for PSF models without a FWHM or sigma attribute, raising a warning. [#740] photutils.segmentation
* Fixed SourceProperties local_background to work with Quantity data inputs. [#1162]
* Fixed SourceProperties local_background for sources near the image edges. [#1162]
* Fixed SourceProperties kron_radius for sources that are completely masked. [#1164]
* Fixed SourceProperties Kron properties for sources near the image edges. [#1167]
* Fixed SourceProperties Kron mask correction. [#1167] API changes - ---------- photutils.aperture
* Deprecated the BoundingBox slices attribute. Use the get_overlap_slices method instead. [#1157] photutils.centroid
* Removed the deprecated fit_2dgaussian function and GaussianConst2D class. [#1147]
* Importing tools from the centroids subpackge without including the subpackage name is deprecated. [#1190] photutils.morphology
* Importing tools from the morphology subpackge without including the subpackage name is deprecated. [#1190] photutils.segmentation
* Deprecated the \"mask_all\" option in the SourceProperties kron_params keyword. [#1167]
* Deprecated source_properties, SourceProperties, and LegacySourceCatalog. Use the new SourceCatalog function instead. [#1170]
* The detect_threshold function was moved to the segmentation subpackage. [#1171]
* Removed the ability to slice SegmentationImage. Instead slice the segments attribute. [#1187]
* Wed Jan 20 2021 Benjamin Greiner - Update to Version 1.0.2 General - ----- photutils.background
* Improved the performance of Background2D (e.g., by a factor of ~4 with 2048x2048 input arrays when using the default interpolator). [#1103, #1108] Bug Fixes - ------- photutils.background
* Fixed a bug with Background2D where using BkgIDWInterpolator would give incorrect results. [#1104] photutils.isophote
* Corrected calculations of upper harmonics and their errors [#1089]
* Fixed bug that caused an infinite loop when the sample extracted from an image has zero length. [#1129]
* Fixed a bug where the default fixed_parameters in EllipseSample.update() were not defined. [#1139] photutils.psf
* Fixed a bug where very incorrect PSF-fitting uncertainties could be returned when the astropy fitter did not return fit uncertainties. [#1143] photutils.segmentation
* Fixed an issue where negative Kron radius values could be returned, which would cause an error when calculating Kron fluxes. [#1132]
* Fixed an issue where an error was raised with SegmentationImage.remove_border_labels() with relabel=True when no segments remain. [#1133] photutils.psf
* Changed the default recentering_func in EPSFBuilder, to avoid convergence issues. [#1144]- Drop photutils-ease-background2d-tests.patch fixed upstream gh#astropy/photutils#1145
* Fri Jan 15 2021 Benjamin Greiner - Add photutils-ease-background2d-tests.patch -- ease precision tolerance in background 2D tests gh#astropy/photutils#1145
 
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