This blog contains descriptions of Python programs that were written primarily for use in planetary astronomy. However, it also contains (at bottom of list) both an introduction to Python and directions for obtaining and installing some of the most popular graphics and numerical packages for use with scientific Python (e.g. Wx, Qt, Numpy, SciPy, etc...). All programs and website are by Sky Coyote.

http://www.skycoyote.com/sky/AstroPy/

This is the WxPython version. The previous code, which uses PyQt, is available below. Only the WxPython version is currently up to date and supported.

Work on the Venus cloud-tracking project previous to Python is available here.

Summaries of work

12/31/07 Estimating image sharpness via cusp autocorrelation -- 3
12/28/07 Estimating image sharpness via cusp autocorrelation -- 2
12/26/07 Estimating image sharpness via cusp autocorrelation -- 1
11/19/07 Use of interactive threaded plots
11/12/07 Simple discrete math example
10/03/07 Installation of PyQt 4.3
09/30/07 Subtraction of bracket-gamma composite frame
09/23/07 Automatic alignment of the night side of Venus
09/03/07 AstroPy - Python programs for planetary astronomy (PyQt version)
08/03/07 Flat-fielding, rough-alignment, and bad image detection
07/25/07 New program: browsefits.py
07/23/07.1 Preliminary results of 7/07 data
07/23/07 Sharpness Tools
07/20/07 Sharpness estimation code
06/28/07 Python Workbench
05/31/07 PyQt
04/30/07 Python development systems
04/23/07 Introduction to Python