HexMaps Documentation

HexMaps — Hexagonal-grid Multi-data Analysis and Processing Software — is a Python package for homogenizing and analysing multi-wavelength astronomical datasets on hexagonal grids. It is the successor to PyStructure (PhangsTeam), fully rewritten as a pip-installable package with a clean CLI and a modular stage architecture.

Important

This code is actively developed. Check the changelog before upgrading between versions.

Acknowledgements

HexMaps builds on the original PyStructure IDL scripts developed within the PHANGS collaboration. The routines have been updated, extended, and fully rewritten in Python.

List of Papers

The code has been used in the following peer-reviewed publications:

• Stuber et al. (2025), A&A, 702A, 66S

• Galić et al. (2025), arXiv:2508.15901

• Zhang et al. (2025), ApJ, 982, 21Z

• den Brok et al. (2025), ApJ, 988, 162D

• Kovačić et al. (2025), A&A, 694A, 87K

• den Brok et al. (2023), MNRAS, 526, 6347

• Eibensteiner et al. (2023), A&A, 675, 37

• Neumann et al. (2023), MNRAS, 521, 3348

• den Brok et al. (2022), A&A, 662, 89

• Eibensteiner et al. (2022), A&A, 659, 173

• den Brok et al. (2021), MNRAS, 504, 3221