silmarel.utils.funcs module

Generate a random position using the flux per pixel for probabilities.

Useful e.g. to generate random BBH source positions given host profile image.

silmarel.utils.funcs.random_position_generator(image, nrand)

Generate a random position within the image weighted by the pixel values.

Parameters:

  • image (2D numpy array) – The image to generate random positions from.

  • nrand (int) – The number of random positions to generate.

Returns:

rand_pos – The random positions generated.

Return type:

2D numpy array