v1.2.11

Updates from Jan 2025-March 2026
-added helper functions for image polarization statistics (Image.betamodes, Image.mavg, Image.vavg)
-removed imager_func and pol_imager_func (all imaging should be done in Image class)
-removed oifits support
-reworked multi-frequency imaging backend functions for easier future development
-removed stochastic optics from Imager (to be re-added in a later release)
-minor bug fixes

v1.2.10

Removed pyNFFT from setup.py as it was causing installation issues. pyNFFT must now be installed manually if desired; pyNFFT is only supported for python<=3.11

v1.2.9

Updates for much delayed v1.2.9 (April-December 2024)
-cleaned up old code and outdated requirements
-compatibility fixes for numpy and pandas
-fixed scan table issue
-fixed hdf5 load bug
-fixed total flux in geometric model bug
-fixed closure (non log) camp imaging bug without nfft
-added earth shadowing for space vlbi sims
-added new tutorial suite

v1.2.8

Updates from winter 2023-2024

-added polcal_new function with gradients to speed up D-term calibratoin
-fixed an issue with assigning the MJD when reading certain dates
-fixed deprecation issues in rex

v1.2.7

fixed bug in unpack_bl
verified figure display now works properly in matplotlib version > 3.7

v1.2.6

• added functionality for Stokes V imaging
• added self-cal functionality for separate R & L gains
• added a new tutorial jupyter notebook
• improved space VLBI data generation, replacing pyephem with skyfield
• fixed many docstrings
• fixed bugs in display for latest matplotlib vresion
• fixed bugs in caltable

v1.2.5

• multifrequency synthesis helper functions
• added analytic gradients for self-calibration
• added butterworth filter for image smoothing

v1.2.4

-updates to multifrequency synthesis
-better documentation for starwarps

v1.2.3

-Added geometric modeling library
-Fixed bugs in fits & uvfits I/O

v1.2.2

Updates from May-December 2020
-- added correlated-in-time gains to synthetic data
-- added (back) simultaneous Stokes I and polarimetric imaging
-- standardized synthetic data options for movie and image
-- fixed several bugs in multifrequency imaging
-- fixed bugs in dynamical closures
-- fixed bugs in load_uvfits for VLA data sets
-- fixed bugs in saving uvfits