Astrophysics Python Packages

astropy

Astronomy and astrophysics core library

spright

Bayesian mass-radius relation for small planets.

rebound

💫 An open-source multi-purpose N-body code.

mocpy

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

ligo-skymap

Localization of gravitational-wave transients. Mirror of https://git.ligo.org/lscsoft/ligo.skymap

stsci-imagestats

STScI clipped image statistics with core functionality of IRAF's imstatistics.

yt

Main yt repository

fitsio

A python package for FITS input/output wrapping cfitsio

lightkurve

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

autolens

PyAutoLens: Open-Source Strong Gravitational Lensing

galpy

Galactic Dynamics in python

autogalaxy

PyAutoGalaxy: Open-Source Multiwavelength Galaxy Structure & Morphology

swiftsimio

Python library for reading SWIFT data. Uses unyt and h5py.

plasmapy

An open source Python package for plasma research and education

dust-extinction

Astronomical Dust Extinction

pyfstat

a python package for gravitational wave analysis with the F-statistic

stingray

Anything can happen in the next half hour (including spectral timing made easy)!

pytransit

Fast and easy exoplanet transit light curve modelling.

heyoka

Python library for ODE integration via Taylor's method and LLVM

gala

Galactic and gravitational dynamics in Python

archeo

Bayesian framework for inferring natal kick, ancestral masses and spins of black holes.

yet-another-wizz

Implementation of the Schmidt et al. (2013) clustering redshift method.

lenstronomy

Multi-purpose lens modeling software package

astroz

Astrodynamics and Spacecraft Toolkit. Features fast orbit prop, celestial precession, CCSDS parsing, RF parsing, fits image parsing, and more!