Galactic Plane Map

Welcome to the Galactic Plane Mapper, a project designed to uncover the secrets of the Galactic Plane. Using the Wolf Technique of Star Counts, we look into the interplay of starlight and interstellar dust to create detailed extinction maps of the galaxy!

🌠 Introduction

The Galactic Plane is a dense and mysterious region of our Milky Way, where vast dust clouds obscure stars from view. By applying the Wolf Technique of Star Counts, this project estimates dust extinction by measuring the diminishing light of stars across different regions. This method enables astronomers to map interstellar dust clouds with unparalleled precision.

Getting Started

These instructions will help you get a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes. See the deployment section for notes on how to deploy the project on a live system.

Prerequisites

You will need the following software installed on your system:

• g++
• make
• MPI (Message Passing Interface)

Installing

Follow these steps to set up the development environment:

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/your/repository.git
   cd repository

2. Build the project:

   make

3. Run the project:

   ./run.sh

Running the tests

To run the automated tests for this system, follow these steps:

1. Build the test binaries:

   make test

2. Run the tests:

   ./bin/test_binary

Coding style tests

To ensure code quality and consistency, run the following:

make lint

Deployment

To deploy this project on a live system, follow these steps:

1. Build the project:

   make

2. Run the project using MPI:

   mpirun -np <number_of_processes> ./bin/a.out

Versioning

We use SemVer for versioning. For the versions available, see the tags on this repository.

Authors

See also the list of contributors who participated in this project.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details.