Title :
Reaching for the Stars with Python
Author :
Greenfield, Perry
Author_Institution :
Space Telescope Science Institute
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;
Journal_Title :
Computing in Science & Engineering
DOI :
10.1109/MCSE.2007.62
