Pasha I., Agostino C. Python for Astronomers

Imad Pasha & Christopher Agostino, 2020. — 62 p.Preface
Essential Unix Skills
What is Unix, and why is it Important?
The Interface
Using a Terminal
Unix Commands
Changing Directories
Viewing Files and Directories
Making Directories
Deleting Files and Directories
Moving/Copying Files and Directories
The Wildcard
SSH and Servers
Logging Into a Server
Copying files to a server using SCP
Pulling a file from a server
Setting up Aliases and Tab Complete
Tab Complete
Aliasing
Basic Python
Hello, World!
Data types
Basic Math
Variables
Storing and Manipulating Data in Python
Arrays vs Lists
Array, String, and List Indexing
Two Dimensional Slicing
Modifying Lists and Arrays
Altering Elements
Deleting Elements
Appending to Lists
Flipping Arrays
Concatenation
Dictionaries
Problems for Chapter 2
Libraries and Basic Script Writing
Installing Libraries
Importing Libraries
Writing A Program
Working with Arrays
Creating a Numpy Array
Basic Array Manipulation
Conditionals and Loops
Conditional Statements
Combining Conditionals
Loops
While-Loops
For-Loops
Nested For-Loops
Data I/O (Input/Output)
Loading and Writing Files
Loading Astronomical Fits Files
The Header
The Image
Functional Programming
Variable Scope in Functions
Setting optional arguments, args, and kwargs
Plotting
Basic Plotting
Plotting in Detail
Subplotting
Plotting 2D Images
Classes and Object Oriented Programming
Defining Classes
Subclasses
Initializing an Instance of a Class
Glossary