PHOEBE2 Eclipsing Binary Modeling Software – Help!

[Mr Ian David Sharp]

Hi all,

Can I ask if there are any experts out there who use the PHOEBE2 software?

I have managed to get V2.4 installed and running, but the learning curve is incredibly steep! My Python is fine and I can run many examples in Jupyter Notebooks.

Maybe if I can find someone with some experience I might ask some more specific questions…

Many Thanks
Ian.

[Tony Vale]

Hi Ian,
Have you tried the AAVSO ? I may be mistaken but I seem to remember that Bert Pablo, the staff astronomer, had some involvement with the development of PHOEBE2.

Tony

[Mr Ian David Sharp]

Tony Vale wrote:

Have you tried the AAVSO ? I may be mistaken but I seem to remember that Bert Pablo, the staff astronomer, had some involvement with the development of PHOEBE2.

Hi Tony,

That’s a very good idea – thanks, I might try that.

In actual fact, I have persisted with this myself and I am now making quite good progress. I have finally managed to understand some of the key concepts and am getting some results out of Phoebe. This is good as I won’t have to ask so many very basic questions if I do contact someone.

Cheers
Ian.

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