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OpenAstronomy

Look at the Universe with the power of Open Source

OpenAstronomy is a collaboration between open source astronomy, astrophysics & heliophysics projects that are used by researchers and software engineers around the world to study our universe either by analysing the data obtained from amazing instruments like the [James Webb Space telescope](https://jwst.nasa.gov/), the [Square Kilometer Array](https://www.skatelescope.org/) or the [Solar Dynamic Observatory](http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/), developing very sophisticated numerical models (eg., [FLASH](http://flash.uchicago.edu/)) or designing interplanetary trajectories for human-made spacecraft. The analysis of such data helps multiple types of research, from being able to forecast solar storms to detecting planets in other stars, to understanding how galaxies are formed to explain the expansion and the origin of the universe. OpenAstronomy currently consists of [18 projects](https://openastronomy.org/members/) that develop tools, the range of which is wide. For example: - [Astropy](https://www.astropy.org/) is a general Python library for astronomy, providing common tools such as celestial coordinates, image processing, tabular data, reading and writing, units and support for …

  • c
  • python
  • c++
  • julia
  • image processing
  • astronomy
  • data analysis
  • solar physics
  • high energy astrophysics

Project ideas

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History

In GSoC since 2016, 11 years. Projects per year: '16: 7, '17: 8, '18: 8, '19: 9, '20: 10, '21: 8, '22: 8, '23: 6, '24: 8, '25: 5, '26: 5.

On GitHub

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Links and channels

go deeper in your terminal
git-into-gsoc org "OpenAstronomy" --shortlist
git-into-gsoc repos "OpenAstronomy"
git-into-gsoc issues --org "OpenAstronomy"
or ask your assistant:
"Which OpenAstronomy repositories merge
newcomers' pull requests, and which beginner
issues are still free?"

Those commands read live data: which repositories merge outside pull requests, and which beginner issues nobody has claimed. Install in two minutes.