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Random #Debian Astro package of the week is python3-drizzle. The drizzle library is a Python package for combining dithered images into a single image. This library is derived from code used in drizzlepac. Like drizzlepac, most of the code is
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January 13, 2026 at 7:24 AM
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Random #Debian Astro package of the week is python3-skyfield. Skyfield is a pure-Python astronomy package that is compatible with both Python 3 and makes it easy to generate high precision research-grade positions for planets and Earth satellites.
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September 22, 2026 at 7:21 AM
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Random #Debian Astro package of the week is python3-fitsio. Fitsio provides an easy to use object-oriented API including providing a Numpy interface to FITS files read from CFITSIO. It allows direct access to the columns of a FITS binary table which can
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December 2, 2025 at 7:21 AM
STDPipe: Your Python toolkit for hunting cosmic transients - from supernovae to asteroids - with automated detection, photometry, and astrometry wrapped in elegant, developer-friendly code.

https://github.com/karpov-sv/stdpipe

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February 28, 2026 at 5:01 AM
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Random #Debian Astro package of the week is python3-pysynphot. pysynphot simulates photometric data and spectra as they are observed with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Passbands for standard photometric systems are available, and users can
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January 6, 2026 at 7:21 AM
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Random #Debian Astro package of the week is python3-montagepy. MontagePy is a toolkit for assembling astronomical images into custom mosaics.

It uses algorithms that preserve the calibration and positional (astrometric) fidelity of
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February 10, 2026 at 7:21 AM
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Random #Debian Astro package of the week is python3-gyoto. Gyoto aims at providing a framework for computing orbits and ray-traced images in General relativity.

This package also includes a Gyoto plug-in allowing to write new Gyoto objects in the
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June 2, 2026 at 7:39 AM
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Random #Debian Astro package of the week is python3-healpy. HEALPix is an acronym for Hierarchical Equal Area isoLatitude Pixelization of a sphere. As suggested in the name, this pixelization produces a subdivision of a spherical surface in which each
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January 27, 2026 at 7:22 AM
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Random #Debian Astro package of the week is python3-pymeeus. PyMeeus is a Python implementation of the astronomical algorithms described in the classical book "Astronomical Algorithms, 2nd Edition, Willmann-Bell Inc. (1998)" by Jean Meeus.
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August 11, 2026 at 7:19 AM
Gammapy transforms Python into a cosmic ray detector, giving astronomers powerful tools to analyze high-energy gamma rays from black holes, pulsars, and the universe's most violent phenomena.

https://github.com/gammapy/gammapy

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February 19, 2026 at 1:01 AM
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Random #Debian Astro package of the week is python3-vispy. Vispy is a high-performance interactive 2D/3D data visualization library.

Vispy leverages the computational power of modern Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) through the OpenGL library to
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March 31, 2026 at 7:21 AM
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Random #Debian Astro package of the week is python3-ephem. PyEphem provides an ephem Python package for performing high-precision astronomy computations. The underlying numeric routines are coded in C and are the same ones that drive the popular XEphem
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April 14, 2026 at 7:21 AM
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Random #Debian Astro package of the week is python3-pymeeus. PyMeeus is a Python implementation of the astronomical algorithms described in the classical book "Astronomical Algorithms, 2nd Edition, Willmann-Bell Inc.

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May 21, 2024 at 7:40 AM
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Random #Debian Astro package of the week is python3-fast-histogram. fast-histogram aims to provide simple and fast histogram functions for regular bins that don't compromise on performance. It doesn't do anything complicated - it just implements a
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February 3, 2026 at 7:21 AM
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Random #Debian Astro package of the week is python3-drms. The drms module provides an easy-to-use Python interface for accessing HMI, AIA and MDI data with Python. It uses the publicly accessible Joint Science Operations Center (JSOC) server by default,
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February 17, 2026 at 7:21 AM
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Random #Debian Astro package of the week is python3-pyraf. PyRAF is a command language for running IRAF tasks in a Python like environment. It works very similar to IRAF CL, but has been updated to allow such things as importing Python modules,
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March 10, 2026 at 7:21 AM
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Random #Debian Astro package of the week is python3-drizzle. The drizzle library is a Python package for combining dithered images into a single image. This library is derived from code used in drizzlepac. Like drizzlepac, most of the code is
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September 8, 2026 at 7:21 AM
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Random #Debian Astro package of the week is python3-regions. The regions package provides (or plans to provide) classes to represent regions defined using pixel or celestial coordinates or on the celestial sphere.
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August 25, 2026 at 7:21 AM
Transform radio telescope data into stunning visualizations with Python - from 3D channel maps to rotatable HTML cubes, this astronomer-built package bridges the gap between raw FITS files and pu...

🔗 https://github.com/yusukeaso-astron/plotastrodata

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February 11, 2026 at 9:01 PM
galpy: Python's premier toolkit for galactic dynamics - model stellar orbits, explore gravitational potentials, and unlock the choreography of our Milky Way with full astropy integration.

🔗 https://github.com/jobovy/galpy

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February 11, 2026 at 1:01 PM
ExoVetter: The cosmic detective toolkit that separates real alien worlds from stellar imposters using advanced Python algorithms to validate exoplanet discoveries from space telescopes.

🔗 https://github.com/spacetelescope/exovetter

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February 6, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Transform stellar observations into scientific discoveries with stellarphot - a Python toolkit that extracts precise photometry from astronomical images, powering variable star studies and exopl...

🔗 https://github.com/feder-observatory/stellarphot

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February 3, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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Random #Debian Astro package of the week is python3-reproject. This is a package to reproject astronomical images using various techniques via a uniform interface. Reprojection means the re-gridding of images from one world coordinate system to another
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May 5, 2026 at 7:21 AM
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Random #Debian Astro package of the week is python3-pyavm. PyAVM is a module to represent, read, and write metadata following the Astronomy Visualization Metadata (AVM) standard. With pyavm you can:

* Parse AVM meta-data from an existing image.
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April 21, 2026 at 7:21 AM
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Random #Debian Astro package of the week is python3-asdf. ASDF (Advanced Scientific Data Format) is a proposed next generation interchange format for scientific data. ASDF aims to exist in the same middle ground that made FITS so successful, by being a
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February 24, 2026 at 7:21 AM