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astropy-fundamentals

Work with astronomical data using AstroPy for FITS file I/O, coordinate transformations, physical units, precise time handling, catalog cross-matching, photutils photometry, and specutils spectroscopy.

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quick start

Installation and usage

Work with astronomical data using AstroPy for FITS file I/O, coordinate transformations, physical units, precise time handling, catalog cross-matching, photutils photometry, and specutils spectroscopy.

Installation
$ install --globalskills.sh
Usage

Once installed, you can use this skill by running the following command in your terminal:

skills use astropy-fundamentals