Welcome to Astropy’s Documentation!

The current Astropy documentation is limited, as not much code has yet been developed. For more information, see the github wiki page of the project.

• Overview
  • astropy Package Layout
  • Affiliated Packages
• Installation
  • Requirements
  • Installing Astropy
  • Building from source
• Configuration system Documentation
  • For Users
  • For Developers
  • Reference/API
• astropy.wcs Documentation
  • Example Usage
  • API Documentation
  • astropy.wcs History
• astropy.io.fits Documentation
  • Working with FITS Files in Astropy
  • API Documentation
  • astropy.io.fits History
• astropy.io.vo Documentation
  • Introduction to astropy.io.vo.table
  • API documentation
• astropy.io.ascii Documentation
  • Reading tables
  • Writing tables
  • Base class elements
  • Fixed-width Gallery
  • astropy.io.ascii API
• astropy.table documentation
  • Constructing a table
  • Accessing a table
  • Modifying a table
  • Masking and null values
  • Table package API documentation
• astropy.tools documentation
  • Reference/API
• astropy.utils documentation
  • API documentation
• Documentation for Developers
  • Vision for a Common Astronomy Python Package
  • Contributing To/Developing Astropy or Affiliated Packages
  • Coding Guidelines (Draft)
  • Documentation Guidelines (Draft)
  • Testing Guidelines (Draft)
  • Building, Cython/C Extensions, and Distribution
  • Writing Command-Line Scripts

Indices and Tables

• Index
• Module Index
• Search Page