• DocumentCode
    813030
  • Title

    Reaching for the Stars with Python

  • Author

    Greenfield, Perry

  • Author_Institution
    Space Telescope Science Institute
  • Volume
    9
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    38
  • Lastpage
    40
  • Abstract
    The author describes how Python has helped scientists calibrate and analyze data from the Hubble Space Telescope, first as a means of scripting legacy applications, and, more recently, as a way of developing new applications in Python itself.
  • Keywords
    astronomy computing; data analysis; Hubble Space Telescope data; Python; data analysis; Application software; Atmosphere; Data analysis; Earth; Image analysis; Infrared imaging; Libraries; Optical scattering; Packaging; Telescopes; Python; astronomy; computer languages; space;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computing in Science & Engineering
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1521-9615
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MCSE.2007.62
  • Filename
    4160254
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=813030