Astronomy Python Packages

pymeeus

Library of astronomical algorithms in Python

astropy

Astronomy and astrophysics core library

pyerfa

Python bindings for ERFA routines

asdf

ASDF (Advanced Scientific Data Format) is a next generation interchange format for scientific data

astroquery

Functions and classes to access online data resources. Maintainers: @keflavich and @bsipocz

sunpy

SunPy - Python for Solar Physics

gwcs

Python library for science observations from the James Webb Space Telescope

spright

Bayesian mass-radius relation for small planets.

photutils

Astropy package for source detection and photometry. Maintainer: @larrybradley

spotless

Transient Array Radio Telescope

autofit

PyAutoFit: Classy Probabilistic Programming

spherical-geometry

A Python package for handling spherical polygons that represent arbitrary regions of the sky

regions

Astropy package for region handling Maintainers: @larrybradley @keflavich

crds

Calibration Reference Data System for HST and JWST.

pycbc

Core package to analyze gravitational-wave data, find signals, and study their parameters. This package was used in the first direct detection of gravitational waves (GW150914), and is used in the ongoing analysis of LIGO/Virgo data.

mocpy

Python library to easily create and manipulate MOCs (Multi-Order Coverage maps)

drizzle

A package for combining dithered images into a single image

tweakwcs

Algorithms for matching and aligning catalogs and for tweaking the WCS so as to minimize catalog mismatch errors

yt

Main yt repository

fitsio

A python package for FITS input/output wrapping cfitsio

galsim

The modular galaxy image simulation toolkit. Documentation:

pyastronomy

A collection of astronomy-related routines in Python

lightkurve

A friendly package for Kepler & TESS time series analysis in Python.

jwst

Python library for science observations from the James Webb Space Telescope