Astronomy community shapes their own destiny with Astropy · GitHub

peter.suber's bookmarks 2022-01-18

Summary:

"Open source software provides the backbone for astronomical science. The Python ecosystem is particularly important to astronomers, who rely heavily on mathematical packages like NumPy and matplotlib for their work. Perhaps the most central tool in the modern astronomer’s workflow is Astropy, a collection of specialized Python tools built and maintained by and for the astronomical community. More than 400 people have contributed to Astropy, including astronomers and other scientists, software engineers, and infrastructure specialists...."

Link:

https://github.com/readme/featured/webb-telescope-astropy

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Tags:

oa.new oa.astronomy oa.software oa.floss oa.tools oa.astropy

Date tagged:

01/18/2022, 08:38

Date published:

01/18/2022, 03:38