The Astropy Project: Building an Open-science Project and Status of the v2.0 Core Package<sup>*</sup>

Adrian M. Price-Whelan , Brigitta Sipőcz , Hans Moritz Günther , Adrian M. Price-Whelan , Brigitta Sipőcz , Hans Moritz Günther , Pey Lian Lim , Steven M. Crawford , Simon Conseil , D. L. Shupe , Matthew Craig , Nadia Dencheva , Adam Ginsburg , Jake Vanderplas , Larry Bradley , David Pérez–Suárez , M. de Val-Borro , Thomas L. Aldcroft , Kelle L. Cruz , Thomas Robitaille , Erik Tollerud , C. Ardelean , Tomáš Babej , Yoonsoo P. Bach , Matteo Bachetti , A. V. Bakanov , S. P. Bamford , Geert Barentsen , P. Barmby , A. Baumbach , Katherine Berry , Francesco Biscani , M. Boquien , K. Azalee Bostroem , Luke G. Bouma , Gabriel Brammer , E. M. Bray , H. Breytenbach , Hugo Buddelmeijer , D. J. Burke , Giorgio Calderone , Juan Luis Cano , Mihai Cara , J. V. M. Cardoso , S. Cheedella , Y. Copin , Lía Corrales , Devin Crichton , Daniel D’Avella , Christoph Deil , É. Depagne , J. P. Dietrich , Axel Donath , Michael Droettboom , N. Earl , T. Erben , S. Fabbro , L.A. Ferreira , T. Finethy , Robert Fox , Lehman H. Garrison , S. L. J. Gibbons , D. A. Goldstein , Ralf Gommers , Johnny P. Greco , P. Greenfield , Austen Groener , Frédéric Grollier , Alex Hagen , Paul Hirst , D. Homeier , A. J. Horton , G. Hosseinzadeh , Lei Hu , Joseph S. Hunkeler , Željko Ivezić , Abhishek Jain , T. Jenness , G. Kanarek , Sarah Kendrew , Nicholas S. Kern , Wolfgang Kerzendorf , A. Khvalko , James C. King , D. Kirkby , A.M. Kulkarni , Akhil Kumar , Antony Lee , Daniel Lenz , S. P. Littlefair , Zhiyuan Ma , D. M. Macleod , M. Mastropietro , C. McCully , S. Montagnac , Brett M. Morris , Michael Mueller , Stuart Mumford , Demitri Muna , Nicholas A. Murphy , Stuart J. Nelson , Giang Nguyen , Joe P. Ninan
2018 The Astronomical Journal 6,368 citations

Abstract

Abstract The Astropy Project supports and fosters the development of open-source and openly developed Python packages that provide commonly needed functionality to the astronomical community. A key element of the Astropy Project is the core package astropy , which serves as the foundation for more specialized projects and packages. In this article, we provide an overview of the organization of the Astropy project and summarize key features in the core package, as of the recent major release, version 2.0. We then describe the project infrastructure designed to facilitate and support development for a broader ecosystem of interoperable packages. We conclude with a future outlook of planned new features and directions for the broader Astropy Project.

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Year
2018
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Volume
156
Issue
3
Pages
123-123
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6368
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Adrian M. Price-Whelan, Brigitta Sipőcz, Hans Moritz Günther et al. (2018). The Astropy Project: Building an Open-science Project and Status of the v2.0 Core Package<sup>*</sup>. The Astronomical Journal , 156 (3) , 123-123. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/aabc4f

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