SunPy - Python for Solar Physics
Stuart Mumford
The University of Sheffield, UK
Conclusions¶
- You can use SunPy for your research. (probably)
- You should join the SunPy community.
What is SunPy?¶
"A Project to facilitate and promote the use and development of a community-led, free and open-source solar data-analysis software based on the scientific Python environment."
A library designed to provide core functionality to enable people to do solar physics with Python.
A community of solar physicists doing science using Python.
Why Python?¶
- Python is being widely adopted as a scientific programming language.
- Easy to learn.
- Python is widely used outside of acedemia.
- A very transferable skill.
- Very flexible, can wrap C or FORTRAN code when you have a need for speed.
- A lot of domain experts write packages in Python, that you can use!
- A lot of new astronomical code is being written in Python, i.e. JWST & DKIST pipelines.
- many many more...
Major Features of SunPy¶
- Data Structures for Images, Spectra, and Time Series Data.
- Data Retrival code, from VSO, JSOC, HEK, Helio, and other places.
- Versioned Library Releases, with clear upgrade paths.
A Plot!¶
In [9]:
# Create a AIA 171 Map from some sample data
mymap = sunpy.map.Map(AIA_171_ROLL_IMAGE)
# Create a larger than normal figure
fig = plt.figure(figsize=(8,6))
# Plot the AIA Map object
im = mymap.plot()
# Overlay the Heliographic Coordinate Grid
l = mymap.draw_grid()
Workshops¶
