Multi-scale Gaussian Normalization

This example applies Multi-scale Gaussian Normalization to a sunpy.map.Map using sunkit_image.enhance.mgn.

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

from astropy import units as u

import sunpy.data.sample
import sunpy.map

import sunkit_image.enhance as enhance

sunpy provides a range of sample data with a number of suitable images. Here we will use a sample AIA 171 image.

aia_map = sunpy.map.Map(sunpy.data.sample.AIA_171_IMAGE)

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  warnings.warn(msg, VerifyWarning)

Applying Multi-scale Gaussian Normalization on a solar image.

The sunkit_image.enhance.mgn function takes either a sunpy.map.Map or a numpy.ndarray as a input.

mgn_map = enhance.mgn(aia_map)

Finally we will plot the filtered maps with the original to demonstrate the effect.

fig = plt.figure(figsize=(15, 10))

ax = fig.add_subplot(121, projection=aia_map)
aia_map.plot(axes=ax, clip_interval=(1, 99.99) * u.percent)

ax1 = fig.add_subplot(122, projection=mgn_map)
mgn_map.plot(axes=ax1)
ax1.set_title("MGN")

ax1.coords[1].set_ticklabel_visible(False)
fig.tight_layout()

plt.show()