ASTR 597 A: Topics in Observational Astrophysics

*TOPIC: LEARNING ASTROPY AND OPEN- SOURCE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT **THE COURSE WILL FOCUS ON TOOLS IN THE ASTROPY ECOSYSTEM, INCLUDING THE CORE LIBRARY AND ITS AFFILIATED PACKAGES. IT PROVIDES AN INTRODUCTION 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. THE COURSE WILL ALSO COVER TOPICS RELATED TO OPEN SOURCE CONTRIBUTION WORKFLOWS, SETTING UP REPOSITORIES WITH TESTING AND DOCUMENTATION, INCLUDING HANDS-ON EXERCISES OF OPENING PULL REQUESTS AND PERFORMING PEER CODE REVIEW. (OFFERED VIA REMOTE LEARNING)