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Stephan — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:42:47 -0000

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Stephan — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:42:36 -0000

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 For referencing Galactus in your work, please cite the upcoming paper II.

 [Installation]
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 [Simple model generation]
 [Fitting]
 [License]

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Stephan — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 10:23:31 -0000

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 [Installation]
 [Simple model generation]
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 Cheers,
 Stephan

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Stephan — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 08:26:23 -0000

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-Welcome to Galactus homepage. Galactus is an astronomical software tool for the modeling and fitting of galaxies from neutral hydrogen (HI) cubes. It continues the long tradition of [GALMOD](http://www.atnf.csiro.au/computing/software/gipsy/tsk/galmod.dc1) and [TiRiFiC](http://www.astron.nl/~jozsa/tirific/index.html).
+Welcome to Galactus homepage. Galactus is an astronomical software tool for the modeling and fitting of galaxies from neutral hydrogen (HI) cubes. It continues the long tradition of [GALMOD](http://www.atnf.csiro.au/computing/software/gipsy/tsk/galmod.dc1), [TiRiFiC](http://www.astron.nl/~jozsa/tirific/index.html) and others.

-The major difference between those and Galactus is that the forementioned use pointsource-like clouds to generate a cube. Galactus on the contrary uses a uniform medium. Galactus can perform the full-radiative transfer for the HI, so it can model self-absorption in the galaxy. Note that both methods are approximations of the far more complex real universe. For a motivation on why I have developed Galactus, see the [Motivation] page.
+The major difference between those and Galactus is that the forementioned use pointsource-like clouds to generate a cube. They thus use an optically thin model. Galactus on the contrary uses a uniform medium and can perform the full-radiative transfer for the HI. This allows it to model the (self-)absorption of the galaxy, although it can also fit optically thin models. Note that both these methods are only approximations to the detailed structures inside galaxies. 

-Galactus is currently in an alpha release state. Major changes are bound to be implemented, so be careful with using the system for anything important. Comments are very welcome.
+For a motivation on why I have developed Galactus, see the [Motivation] page.
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+Galactus is currently in a pre-alpha release state. Major changes are bound to be implemented, so be careful with using the system for anything important. Comments are very welcome.
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+For referencing Galactus in your work, please cite the upcoming paper II.

 [Installation]
 [Simple model generation]

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Stephan — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:40:42 -0000

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-Welcome to Galactus homepage. Galactus is an astronomical software tool for the modeling and fitting of galaxies in neutral hydrogen. It continues the long tradition of [GALMOD](http://www.atnf.csiro.au/computing/software/gipsy/tsk/galmod.dc1) and [TiRiFiC](http://www.astron.nl/~jozsa/tirific/index.html).
+Welcome to Galactus homepage. Galactus is an astronomical software tool for the modeling and fitting of galaxies from neutral hydrogen (HI) cubes. It continues the long tradition of [GALMOD](http://www.atnf.csiro.au/computing/software/gipsy/tsk/galmod.dc1) and [TiRiFiC](http://www.astron.nl/~jozsa/tirific/index.html).

 The major difference between those and Galactus is that the forementioned use pointsource-like clouds to generate a cube. Galactus on the contrary uses a uniform medium. Galactus can perform the full-radiative transfer for the HI, so it can model self-absorption in the galaxy. Note that both methods are approximations of the far more complex real universe. For a motivation on why I have developed Galactus, see the [Motivation] page.

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Stephan — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:39:12 -0000

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-Welcome to the Galactus software repository. Galactus is an astronomical software tool for the modeling and fitting of galaxies in neutral hydrogen. It continues the long tradition of [GALMOD](http://www.atnf.csiro.au/computing/software/gipsy/tsk/galmod.dc1) and [TiRiFiC](http://www.astron.nl/~jozsa/tirific/index.html).
+Welcome to Galactus homepage. Galactus is an astronomical software tool for the modeling and fitting of galaxies in neutral hydrogen. It continues the long tradition of [GALMOD](http://www.atnf.csiro.au/computing/software/gipsy/tsk/galmod.dc1) and [TiRiFiC](http://www.astron.nl/~jozsa/tirific/index.html).

 The major difference between those and Galactus is that the forementioned use pointsource-like clouds to generate a cube. Galactus on the contrary uses a uniform medium. Galactus can perform the full-radiative transfer for the HI, so it can model self-absorption in the galaxy. Note that both methods are approximations of the far more complex real universe. For a motivation on why I have developed Galactus, see the [Motivation] page.

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Stephan — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:11:13 -0000

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 Welcome to the Galactus software repository. Galactus is an astronomical software tool for the modeling and fitting of galaxies in neutral hydrogen. It continues the long tradition of [GALMOD](http://www.atnf.csiro.au/computing/software/gipsy/tsk/galmod.dc1) and [TiRiFiC](http://www.astron.nl/~jozsa/tirific/index.html).

-The major difference between those and Galactus is that the forementioned use pointsource-like clouds to generate a cube. Galactus on the contrary uses a uniform medium. Galactus can perform the full-radiative transfer for the HI, so it can model self-absorption in the galaxy. Note that both methods are approximations of the far more complex real universe. For a motivation on why I have developed Galactus, see the [motivation] page.
+The major difference between those and Galactus is that the forementioned use pointsource-like clouds to generate a cube. Galactus on the contrary uses a uniform medium. Galactus can perform the full-radiative transfer for the HI, so it can model self-absorption in the galaxy. Note that both methods are approximations of the far more complex real universe. For a motivation on why I have developed Galactus, see the [Motivation] page.

 Galactus is currently in an alpha release state. Major changes are bound to be implemented, so be careful with using the system for anything important. Comments are very welcome.

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Stephan — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:40:18 -0000

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-Welcome to the Galactus software repository. Galactus is an astronomical software tool for the modeling and fitting of neutral hydrogen cubes. It continues the long tradition of [GALMOD](http://www.atnf.csiro.au/computing/software/gipsy/tsk/galmod.dc1) and [TiRiFiC](http://www.astron.nl/~jozsa/tirific/index.html). The major difference between those and Galactus is that the forementioned use pointsource-like clouds to generate a cube. Galactus on the contrary uses a uniform medium. Galactus can perform the full-radiative transfer for the HI, so it can model self-absorption in the galaxy. Note that both methods are approximations of the far more complex real universe.
+Welcome to the Galactus software repository. Galactus is an astronomical software tool for the modeling and fitting of galaxies in neutral hydrogen. It continues the long tradition of [GALMOD](http://www.atnf.csiro.au/computing/software/gipsy/tsk/galmod.dc1) and [TiRiFiC](http://www.astron.nl/~jozsa/tirific/index.html).
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+The major difference between those and Galactus is that the forementioned use pointsource-like clouds to generate a cube. Galactus on the contrary uses a uniform medium. Galactus can perform the full-radiative transfer for the HI, so it can model self-absorption in the galaxy. Note that both methods are approximations of the far more complex real universe. For a motivation on why I have developed Galactus, see the [motivation] page.

 Galactus is currently in an alpha release state. Major changes are bound to be implemented, so be careful with using the system for anything important. Comments are very welcome.

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Stephan — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:38:17 -0000

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-Welcome to the Galactus software tool. Galactus is an astronomical software tool for the modeling and fitting of neutral hydrogen cubes. It continues the long tradition of [GALMOD](http://www.atnf.csiro.au/computing/software/gipsy/tsk/galmod.dc1) and [TiRiFiC](http://www.astron.nl/~jozsa/tirific/index.html). The major difference between those and Galactus is that the forementioned use pointsource-like clouds to generate a cube. Galactus on the contrary uses a uniform medium. Galactus can perform the full-radiative transfer for the HI, so it can model self-absorption in the galaxy. Note that both methods are approximations of the far more complex real universe.
+Welcome to the Galactus software repository. Galactus is an astronomical software tool for the modeling and fitting of neutral hydrogen cubes. It continues the long tradition of [GALMOD](http://www.atnf.csiro.au/computing/software/gipsy/tsk/galmod.dc1) and [TiRiFiC](http://www.astron.nl/~jozsa/tirific/index.html). The major difference between those and Galactus is that the forementioned use pointsource-like clouds to generate a cube. Galactus on the contrary uses a uniform medium. Galactus can perform the full-radiative transfer for the HI, so it can model self-absorption in the galaxy. Note that both methods are approximations of the far more complex real universe.

 Galactus is currently in an alpha release state. Major changes are bound to be implemented, so be careful with using the system for anything important. Comments are very welcome.

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Stephan — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:38:03 -0000

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-Welcome to the Galactus software tool. Galactus is an astronomical software tool for the modeling and fitting of neutral hydrogen cubes. It continues the long tradition of GALMOD and TiRiFiC.
+Welcome to the Galactus software tool. Galactus is an astronomical software tool for the modeling and fitting of neutral hydrogen cubes. It continues the long tradition of [GALMOD](http://www.atnf.csiro.au/computing/software/gipsy/tsk/galmod.dc1) and [TiRiFiC](http://www.astron.nl/~jozsa/tirific/index.html). The major difference between those and Galactus is that the forementioned use pointsource-like clouds to generate a cube. Galactus on the contrary uses a uniform medium. Galactus can perform the full-radiative transfer for the HI, so it can model self-absorption in the galaxy. Note that both methods are approximations of the far more complex real universe.

-Galactus is currently in an alpha release state. Major changes are bound to be implemented, so be careful with using the system for anything.
+Galactus is currently in an alpha release state. Major changes are bound to be implemented, so be careful with using the system for anything important. Comments are very welcome.
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+[Installation]
+[Simple model generation]
+[Fitting]

 Cheers,
 Stephan