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astropy-astronomy

Core Python library for astronomy and astrophysics. Units & quantities with dimensional analysis, celestial coordinate transformations (ICRS/Galactic/AltAz/FK5), FITS file handling, table operations (FITS/HDF5/VOTable/CSV), cosmological calculations (Planck18, distance/age/volume), precise time handling (UTC/TAI/TT/TDB, Julian dates, barycentric corrections), WCS pixel-world mapping, model fitting, image visualization. For general data tables use pandas/polars; for radio astronomy interferometry use CASA.

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Installation and usage

Core Python library for astronomy and astrophysics. Units & quantities with dimensional analysis, celestial coordinate transformations (ICRS/Galactic/AltAz/FK5), FITS file handling, table operations (FITS/HDF5/VOTable/CSV), cosmological calculations (Planck18, distance/age/volume), precise time handling (UTC/TAI/TT/TDB, Julian dates, barycentric corrections), WCS pixel-world mapping, model fitting, image visualization. For general data tables use pandas/polars; for radio astronomy interferometry use CASA.

Installation
$ install --globalskills.sh
Usage

Once installed, you can use this skill by running the following command in your terminal:

skills use astropy-astronomy