ASTR 497 B: Topics in Current Astronomy

*TOPIC: LEARNING ASTROPY AND OPEN- SOURCE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT *PRE-REQ: ASTR 302 OR ASTR 324 *THE COURSE WILL FOCUS ON TOOLS IN THE ASTROPY ECOSYSTEM, INCLUDING THE CORE LIBRARY & ITS AFFILIATED PACKAGES. IT PROVIDES AN INTRO TO THE VARIETY OF FUNCTIONALITY WHICH IS AVAILABLE INSIDE ASTROPY WITH HANDS-ON JUPYTER NOTEBOOKS. TOPICS WILL INCLUDE CORE FUNCTIONALITY OF UNITS, QUANTITIES & CONSTANTS: COORDINATES: FITS, ASCII, AND ASTROPY TABLES: MODELING: WCS AND IMAGES: TIMESERIES FROM THE WIDER ECOSYSTEM. WE WILL ALSO COVER TOPICS: TO ACCESS DATA WITH ASTROQUERY AND TO PERFORM POINT- SOURCE PHOTOMETRY WITH PHOTUTILS, OPEN SOURCE CONTRIBUTION WORKFLOWS, SETTING UP REPOSITORIES W/TESTING AND DOCUMENTATION, INCLUDING HANDS- ON EXERCISES OF OPENING PULL REQUESTS AND PERFORMING PEER CODE REVIEW. --- *OFFERED VIA REMOTE LEARNING: SYNCHRONOUS