There is always this guy at every SunPy meet š Well, this has been a busy fortnight to be honest. I got caught up with other stuff, and hence I need to play catch up. So I fixed the SRS (now my to-do list has all boxes checked š ). Persistent storage in the webapp Continue reading First Half of the ...READ MORE...
Pytest provides a feature for parameterized testing in Python. The built-in pytest.mark.parametrize decorator enables parametrization of arguments for a test function. This allows the user to compare the values for input and output. Here is a typical example which shows its usage: get_hips_order_for ...READ MORE...
We have presented a demo to the IRIS team in our last meeting. Now are working towards getting the first usable version of IRISPy and we are almost thereĀ :). We definitely need to get them involved more and having them use the initial usable IRISPy seems like a goodĀ start.So the first usable version ...READ MORE...
Well, the best news to write about right now, would have been to say that Iāve completed transcribing the procedures for AstroLib.jl, my main objective forĀ GSoC.Unfortunately, complications(read laziness) are a thing and with all the smaller monsters and minions killed (the already finished procedur ...READ MORE...
In the past two weeks I got to know to SunPy. I learned about the modules (especially about SunPy Map and Sunpy IO) which will be important this summer. Besides that I spent time with understanding some IDL codes what can be used as a model for the first implementation of the proccess.We have our ne ...READ MORE...
So we are at a stage where the need for correct wcs in each exposure might lead to make cube class not usable in IRISPy. But we are going forward with a small demo on the present IRISPy using cube and cubesequence. We decided to take some feedback from the IRIS team and try to find more issues and b ...READ MORE...
In the hips package, often data has to be fetched from remote servers, especially HiPS tiles. One way to cut back on the queries was by introducing the hips-extra repository. This contains HiPS tiles from various HiPS surveys. This allows us to quickly fetch tiles from local storage, which makes the ...READ MORE...
Hello World! The first phase of GSoC is ended now and today I got the mail from Google stating āI have passed my first evaluationā. I was so happy reading the mail(with my mentorās good feedback) as it will be my first ever earning. I should also have posted a blog post last week as per my plan but ...READ MORE...
Iām so happy to announce that SunPy now has a Sphinx-based and a renovated websiteĀ !! You can have a look at the website here. It has been a really long journey until the first evaluation. I want to go into deeper and explain the development process.The good old SunPy website was a Jekyll website an ...READ MORE...
I know. I know. Lets face it. Im not gonna come up with good headings this year also. So, Im back at uni now, and (proper) work begins. I start by fixing up the issue with the SRS reader, caused by past years files being tarred up. Oh yes, that took some fixing. That threaded Continue reading Secon ...READ MORE...