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Development

Space Telescope Science Institute Data analysis Object-oriented IRAF Flexible Image Transport System

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Affiliated packages

Machine learning Data mining IDL Photometry Spectroscopic

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Use

National Virtual Observatory Subaru Telescope ALMA CARMA Gamma-ray bursts

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Core functionality

Celestial coordinate Virtual Observatory ASCII Hierarchical Data Format Cosmological

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Developer: The Astropy Collaboration
License: BSD-new license
Operating system: Cross-platform
Repository: github.com/astropy/astropy
Stable release: 8.0.1 / 8 July 2026; 47 days ago (8 July 2026)
Type: Technical computing

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Overview

Python programming language
Astronomy
Free Free software
Astronomers Astronomer
Distributions Software distribution
Package managers Package manager
Linux
MacOS
Anaconda Python Distribution Anaconda (Python distribution)
Enthought Canopy Enthought

Development

Space Telescope Science Institute
Data analysis
Object-oriented Object-oriented programming
IRAF
Flexible Image Transport System
Travis Oliphant
NumPy
SciPy
Python Python (programming language)
Hubble Space Telescope

Use

National Virtual Observatory
Subaru Telescope
ALMA Atacama Large Millimeter Array
CARMA Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy
Gamma-ray bursts Gamma-ray burst
High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center Goddard Space Flight Center

Core functionality

Celestial coordinate Celestial coordinate system
Virtual Observatory
ASCII
Hierarchical Data Format
Cosmological Cosmology
Statistical Statistics

Affiliated packages

Machine learning
Data mining
IDL IDL (programming language)
Photometry Photometry (astronomy)
Spectroscopic Astronomical spectroscopy
K-correct K correction
Gamma-ray astronomy

Publications

ASP Conference Series
Bibcode Bibcode (identifier)
ArXiv ArXiv (identifier)
Allen, A. Alice Allen (astronomer)

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Triples83

Avg. degree1.96

Density0.04

Components1

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Astropy

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related to Development · 25

Astropy → Among, Analysis Facility, Around, Astronomy, At, Both, By, Flexible Image Transport System, Image Reduction, In, IRAF, Many, Numeric, NumPy, PyFITS, Python, Python-based, SciPy, Since, Space Telescope Science Institute

related to Publications · 20

Astropy → Allen, ASP Conference Series, Astronomy Conference, Bibcode, Books, Bring, Fourth, Germany, Greenfield, Heidelberg, IM, Increasing Software Visibility, July, Python, Re-use, Robert, Robitaille, Simpson, Tollerud, Unproceedings

related to Use · 16

Astropy → ALMA, Analyzing, Archive Research Center, Astronomy, Astrophysics Source Code Library, Astropy VOTable, CARMA, CIGALE, Code Investigating Galaxy Emission, HEASARC, High Energy Astrophysics Science, Project PANOPTES, Python, Starship Asterisk, Subaru Telescope Hyper Suprime-Cam, The National Virtual Observatory

related to Affiliated packages · 6

Astropy → An, Current, IDL, Python, Pythonastroplan, Such

related to Video sources · 5

Astropy → Astronomy, July, The, There, These

related to External links · 2

Astropy → Official, Poster

Developer · 1

Astropy → The Astropy Collaboration

License · 1

Astropy → BSD-new license

Operating system · 1

Astropy → Cross-platform

Repository · 1

Astropy → github.com/astropy/astropy

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Important terminology

python astronomy packages package use data software core stsci library astronomical utilities affiliated system 2012 astronomers analysis pyfits 2013 part

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Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
Astropy	Developer	The Astropy Collaboration	1.00	infobox
Astropy	License	BSD-new license	1.00	infobox
Astropy	Operating system	Cross-platform	1.00	infobox
Astropy	Repository	github.com/astropy/astropy	1.00	infobox
Astropy	Stable release	8.0.1 / 8 July 2026; 47 days ago (8 July 2026)	1.00	infobox
Astropy	Type	Technical computing	1.00	infobox
Astropy	Website	https://www.astropy.org/	1.00	infobox
Astropy	Written in	Python, C	1.00	infobox
Astropy	is a	collection of software packages written in the Python programming language and designed for use in astronomy	0.90	text
Astropy	related to Affiliated packages	An	0.60	section
Astropy	related to Affiliated packages	Python	0.60	section
Astropy	related to Affiliated packages	Such	0.60	section

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