Debian Astro Pure Blend
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Debian Astro is a "Debian Pure Blend" that fits the requirements of astronomers. Account maintained by @olebole.bsky.social
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Random #Debian Astro package of the week is libastro-fits-cfitsio-perl. Astro::Fits::Cfitsio is a Perl interface to William Pence's cfitsio subroutine library. For more information on cfitsio, see http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/fitsio.
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Random #Debian Astro package of the week is libastro-fits-cfitsio-perl. Astro::Fits::Cfitsio is a Perl interface to William Pence's cfitsio subroutine library. For more information on cfitsio, see http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/fitsio.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:21 AM
#astrocode #AstroSoftwareDevelopment #ScienceSoftware
Random #Debian Astro package of the week is libastro-fits-cfitsio-perl. Astro::Fits::Cfitsio is a Perl interface to William Pence's cfitsio subroutine library. For more information on cfitsio, see http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/fitsio.
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Random #Debian Astro package of the week is libastro-fits-cfitsio-perl. Astro::Fits::Cfitsio is a Perl interface to William Pence's cfitsio subroutine library. For more information on cfitsio, see http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/fitsio.
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#astrocode #AstroSoftwareDevelopment #ScienceSoftware
Random #Debian Astro package of the week is libccfits-dev. CCfits is an object oriented interface to the cfitsio library. It is designed to make the capabilities of cfitsio available to programmers working in C++.
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Random #Debian Astro package of the week is libccfits-dev. CCfits is an object oriented interface to the cfitsio library. It is designed to make the capabilities of cfitsio available to programmers working in C++.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:21 AM
#astrocode #AstroSoftwareDevelopment #ScienceSoftware
Random #Debian Astro package of the week is libccfits-dev. CCfits is an object oriented interface to the cfitsio library. It is designed to make the capabilities of cfitsio available to programmers working in C++.
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Random #Debian Astro package of the week is libccfits-dev. CCfits is an object oriented interface to the cfitsio library. It is designed to make the capabilities of cfitsio available to programmers working in C++.
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Presenting the @debianastro.bsky.social poster at #ADASS2025
November 11, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Presenting the @debianastro.bsky.social poster at #ADASS2025
Random Debian Astro package of the week is python3-numpy. NumPy contains a powerful N-dimensional array object, sophisticated (broadcasting) functions, tools for integrating C/C++ and Fortran code, and useful linear algebra, Fourier transform, and random number capabilities.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Random Debian Astro package of the week is python3-numpy. NumPy contains a powerful N-dimensional array object, sophisticated (broadcasting) functions, tools for integrating C/C++ and Fortran code, and useful linear algebra, Fourier transform, and random number capabilities.
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Random Debian Astro package of the week is casacore-dev. The casacore package contains the core libraries of the old AIPS++/CASA (Common Astronomy Software Applications) package. This split was made to get a better separation of core libraries and applications.
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November 4, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Random Debian Astro package of the week is casacore-dev. The casacore package contains the core libraries of the old AIPS++/CASA (Common Astronomy Software Applications) package. This split was made to get a better separation of core libraries and applications.
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Random Debian Astro package of the week is openvlbi. OpenVLBI is an open source correlator for astronomical interferometers. with OpenVLBI astronomers can join together more telescopes to observe celestial objects at great resolution. OpenVLBI can be used with radio antennas or optical sensors.
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October 28, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Random Debian Astro package of the week is openvlbi. OpenVLBI is an open source correlator for astronomical interferometers. with OpenVLBI astronomers can join together more telescopes to observe celestial objects at great resolution. OpenVLBI can be used with radio antennas or optical sensors.
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Random Debian Astro package of the week is gdl-mpfit. These GDL routines provide a robust and relatively fast way to perform least-squares curve and surface fitting. The algorithms are translated from MINPACK-1, which is a rugged minimization routine found on Netlib, and distributed with
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October 21, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Random Debian Astro package of the week is gdl-mpfit. These GDL routines provide a robust and relatively fast way to perform least-squares curve and surface fitting. The algorithms are translated from MINPACK-1, which is a rugged minimization routine found on Netlib, and distributed with
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Random Debian Astro package of the week is libgsl-dev. The GNU Scientific Library (GSL) is a collection of routines for numerical analysis. The routines are written from scratch by the GSL team in C, and present a modern API for C programmers, while allowing wrappers to be written for very
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October 14, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Random Debian Astro package of the week is libgsl-dev. The GNU Scientific Library (GSL) is a collection of routines for numerical analysis. The routines are written from scratch by the GSL team in C, and present a modern API for C programmers, while allowing wrappers to be written for very
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Today, a new #PyRAF version 2.2.3 was released. This is a maintenance release which makes PyRAF compliant to #Python 3.13. Uploaded to PyPI and to #Debian unstable. github.com/iraf-communi...
#IRAF
#IRAF
Release Version 2.2.3 · iraf-community/pyraf
This is a maintenance release that ensures compatibility with Python 3.13.
What's Changed
Update determination of iraf and IRAFARCH variables by @olebole in #171
Remove IrafHatchFills by @olebole ...
github.com
October 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Today, a new #PyRAF version 2.2.3 was released. This is a maintenance release which makes PyRAF compliant to #Python 3.13. Uploaded to PyPI and to #Debian unstable. github.com/iraf-communi...
#IRAF
#IRAF
Random Debian Astro package of the week is python3-astroml. AstroML is a Python 3 module for machine learning and data mining built on numpy, scipy, scikit-learn, and matplotlib. It contains a growing library of statistical and machine learning routines for analyzing astronomical data in
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October 7, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Random Debian Astro package of the week is python3-astroml. AstroML is a Python 3 module for machine learning and data mining built on numpy, scipy, scikit-learn, and matplotlib. It contains a growing library of statistical and machine learning routines for analyzing astronomical data in
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Random Debian Astro package of the week is planetary-system-stacker. This package contrains software to produce a sharp image of a planetary system object (moon, sun, planets) from many seeing-affected frames using the "lucky imaging" technique._
The program is mainly targeted at extended
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The program is mainly targeted at extended
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September 30, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Random Debian Astro package of the week is planetary-system-stacker. This package contrains software to produce a sharp image of a planetary system object (moon, sun, planets) from many seeing-affected frames using the "lucky imaging" technique._
The program is mainly targeted at extended
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The program is mainly targeted at extended
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Random Debian Astro package of the week is python3-unyt. Often writing code that deals with data that has units can be confusing. A function might return an array but at least with plain NumPy arrays, there is no way to easily tell what the units of the data are without somehow knowing a
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September 23, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Random Debian Astro package of the week is python3-unyt. Often writing code that deals with data that has units can be confusing. A function might return an array but at least with plain NumPy arrays, there is no way to easily tell what the units of the data are without somehow knowing a
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Random Debian Astro package of the week is skyview. SkyView is a "virtual" observatory dynamically generating images of the sky in different wavelength regimes from a static image database. SkyView is intended as a quick look facility to see the heavens.
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This package includes the executable.
skyview homepage
skyview.gsfc.nasa.gov
September 16, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Random Debian Astro package of the week is skyview. SkyView is a "virtual" observatory dynamically generating images of the sky in different wavelength regimes from a static image database. SkyView is intended as a quick look facility to see the heavens.
This package includes the executable.
This package includes the executable.
Random Debian Astro package of the week is libccfits-dev. CCfits is an object oriented interface to the cfitsio library. It is designed to make the capabilities of cfitsio available to programmers working in C++. It is written in ANSI C++ and implemented using the C++ Standard Library with
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September 9, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Random Debian Astro package of the week is libccfits-dev. CCfits is an object oriented interface to the cfitsio library. It is designed to make the capabilities of cfitsio available to programmers working in C++. It is written in ANSI C++ and implemented using the C++ Standard Library with
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Random Debian Astro package of the week is libstarlink-pal-dev. This library is a collection of code designed to aid in replacing the SLA library with code from NOVAS and ERFA.
Where possible the API is similar to the C SLA API except for the use of a "pal" prefix.
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Where possible the API is similar to the C SLA API except for the use of a "pal" prefix.
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September 2, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Random Debian Astro package of the week is libstarlink-pal-dev. This library is a collection of code designed to aid in replacing the SLA library with code from NOVAS and ERFA.
Where possible the API is similar to the C SLA API except for the use of a "pal" prefix.
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Where possible the API is similar to the C SLA API except for the use of a "pal" prefix.
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Random Debian Astro package of the week is ser-player. The SER file format can be used to store data from fast frame rate astronomy cameras instead of using the AVI file format. This application enables users to review SER files in the same way that AVI files are reviewed with a video player.
August 26, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Random Debian Astro package of the week is ser-player. The SER file format can be used to store data from fast frame rate astronomy cameras instead of using the AVI file format. This application enables users to review SER files in the same way that AVI files are reviewed with a video player.
Random Debian Astro package of the week is graphviz. Graph drawing addresses the problem of visualizing structural information by constructing geometric representations of abstract graphs and networks. Automatic generation of graph drawings has important applications in key technologies such as
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August 19, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Random Debian Astro package of the week is graphviz. Graph drawing addresses the problem of visualizing structural information by constructing geometric representations of abstract graphs and networks. Automatic generation of graph drawings has important applications in key technologies such as
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Random Debian Astro package of the week is python3-astropy-affiliated. A major part of the Astropy project is the concept of “Affiliated Packages”. An affiliated package is an astronomy-related Python package that is not part of the astropy core package, but has requested to be included as part
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August 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Random Debian Astro package of the week is python3-astropy-affiliated. A major part of the Astropy project is the concept of “Affiliated Packages”. An affiliated package is an astronomy-related Python package that is not part of the astropy core package, but has requested to be included as part
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Random Debian Astro package of the week is python3-astroalign. Astroalign is a Python module that will try to align two stellar astronomical images, especially when there is no WCS information available.
It does so by finding similar 3-point asterisms (triangles) in both images and deducing
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It does so by finding similar 3-point asterisms (triangles) in both images and deducing
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August 5, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Random Debian Astro package of the week is python3-astroalign. Astroalign is a Python module that will try to align two stellar astronomical images, especially when there is no WCS information available.
It does so by finding similar 3-point asterisms (triangles) in both images and deducing
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It does so by finding similar 3-point asterisms (triangles) in both images and deducing
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Random Debian Astro package of the week is iraf-dev. IRAF is the "Image Reduction and Analysis Facility". The main IRAF distribution includes a good selection of programs for general image processing and graphics, plus a large number of programs for the reduction and analysis of optical and IR
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July 29, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Random Debian Astro package of the week is iraf-dev. IRAF is the "Image Reduction and Analysis Facility". The main IRAF distribution includes a good selection of programs for general image processing and graphics, plus a large number of programs for the reduction and analysis of optical and IR
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Random Debian Astro package of the week is aravis-tools. Basic viewer for aravis compatible cameras, real-time camera control using GenICam implemented properties (arv-viewer-0.8).
aravis-tools homepage
wiki.gnome.org
July 22, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Random Debian Astro package of the week is aravis-tools. Basic viewer for aravis compatible cameras, real-time camera control using GenICam implemented properties (arv-viewer-0.8).
Random Debian Astro package of the week is python3-pygnuplot. PyGnuplot works as a Python pipe for Gnuplot allowing to pipe commands to Gnuplot command prompt, plot, save data files, create postscript and PDF files
This package installs the library for Python 3.
This package installs the library for Python 3.
GitHub - benschneider/PyGnuplot: Python interface to gnuplot
Python interface to gnuplot. Contribute to benschneider/PyGnuplot development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
July 15, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Random Debian Astro package of the week is python3-pygnuplot. PyGnuplot works as a Python pipe for Gnuplot allowing to pipe commands to Gnuplot command prompt, plot, save data files, create postscript and PDF files
This package installs the library for Python 3.
This package installs the library for Python 3.
Random Debian Astro package of the week is python3-astlib. astLib is a set of Python3 modules that provides some tools for research astronomers. It can be used for astronomical plots, some statistics, common calculations, coordinate conversions, and manipulating FITS images with World
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July 8, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Random Debian Astro package of the week is python3-astlib. astLib is a set of Python3 modules that provides some tools for research astronomers. It can be used for astronomical plots, some statistics, common calculations, coordinate conversions, and manipulating FITS images with World
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