Astronomy Python Packages

pymeeus

Library of astronomical algorithms in Python

astropy

Astronomy and astrophysics core library

pyerfa

Python bindings for ERFA routines

astroquery

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

asdf

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

photutils

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

gwcs

processing pipeline for James Webb Space Telescope imagery and spectroscopy

sunpy

SunPy - Python for Solar Physics

regions

Astropy package for region handling Maintainers: @larrybradley @keflavich

mocpy

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

lightkurve

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

fitsio

A python package for FITS input/output wrapping cfitsio

spherical-geometry

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

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.

crds

Calibration Reference Data System for HST and JWST.

pysweph

community fork of pyswisseph with documentation and upstream parity

drizzle

A package for combining dithered images into a single image

dust-extinction

Astronomical Dust Extinction

moira-astro

Astronomy-first pure-Python ephemeris and astrology computation engine with transparent, auditable calculations.

heyoka

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

pyobs-core

Core packages for pyobs

py-ephemeris-bazi

Python bindings for Taiyin Ephemeris

tweakwcs

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

py-ephemeris

Python bindings for Taiyin Ephemeris