pyaavso¶

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pyaavso is a Python library for working with AAVSO (American Association of Variable Star Observers) data. The library is compatible with both Python 2.7 and 3.3+.

Features¶

reading and writing variable star observations in AAVSO’s Visual File Format
downloading all observation data for a given observer

Installation¶

Use pip to install latest release available at PyPI:

pip install pyaavso

Usage¶

The following code uses VisualFormatWriter to report a single observation of SS Cyg between the outbursts.

>>> from pyaavso.formats import VisualFormatWriter
>>> observer_code = 'XYZ'
>>> with open('data.txt', 'wb') as fp:
...     writer = VisualFormatWriter(fp, observer_code)
...     writer.writerow({
...         'name': 'SS CYG',
...         'date': '2450702.1234',
...         'magnitude': '<11.0',
...         'comp1': '110',
...         'chart': '070613',
...     })

The data.txt file can be now submitted to AAVSO.

Resources¶

Documentation

Issue tracker

CI server

Author¶

Zbigniew Siciarz (zbigniew at siciarz dot net)

License¶

pyaavso is free software, licensed under the MIT/X11 License. A copy of the license is provided with the source code in the LICENSE file.

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