AstroPy

A lightweight astronomy utility package in Python for performing basic astrophysical calculations and data processing.

⚠️ Note: This project is not the official Astropy library (the community Python astronomy core package). This repository is a personal/educational project.

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🚀 Overview

This repository contains a Python project that demonstrates astronomical computations and utilities such as:

• Physical constants and unit definitions
• Structured logging mechanisms
• A main executable script entry point
• Project configuration via pyproject.toml

The goal of this project is to provide a clean foundation for building astronomy-related tools in Python while demonstrating good project structure and coding practices.

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📁 Repository Structure

AstroPy/
├── .gitignore
├── .python-version
├── README.md
├── constants.py       # Physical and astronomical constants
├── logger.py          # Logging setup
├── main.py            # Main program entry point
├── pyproject.toml     # Build and dependency configuration
└── uv.lock            # Dependency lock file

Installation

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/lukedev45/AstroPy.git
cd AstroPy

2. Create a virtual environment

python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate   # macOS / Linux
.\venv\Scripts\activate    # Windows PowerShell

3. Install dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt