[AstroPy] Fwd: Gaussian filter

[Thomas Robitaille]

Hi Gabriele,

In Scipy's gaussian_filter, sigma is the standard deviation of the
Gaussian function in pixel units.

It is 'c' in the equation given here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaussian_function

Cheers,
Tom

On 31 January 2014 19:48, Gabriele Brambilla
<gb.gabrielebrambilla at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm an italian guy that studies astrophysics.
> I'm using Scipy's gaussian filter to smooth some images...
> Could you tell me the meaning the unity of measure of the parameter sigma?
>
> thanks
>
> Gabriele
>
>
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