From el.seba.soy.sho at gmail.com Sun Mar 7 18:21:31 2010 From: el.seba.soy.sho at gmail.com (Juan =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=2E_Catal=E1n?= Olmos) Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 20:21:31 -0300 Subject: [AstroPy] Python Books for Beginners? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20100307232131.GA3187@blackie.wildomain> A good place when you are starting is to check de documentation http://www.python.org/doc/ , but if you are looking for one book, i think that "Python in a Nutshell" from O' Reilly series ( http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596001889 ) is one good alternative. For couple of examples you have the cookbook's sites. I think that "Dive into python" is a little bit advanced for a first project, but a good place that you can check when you have some knowleadge. Hope this can help you J.S.C.O. On 12:01 Fri 05 Feb , Kelle Cruz wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm looking for book recommendations for beginning programmers starting with > Python. Think undergrads first programming project. I see lots of > possibilities on Amazon, but does anybody have any experience with them? > While we're at it, any other books you'd recommend having around the lab? > I'm tempted just to get a couple of the O'Reilly ones just because. > > (btw, I tried to search the archives for this mailing list, but I was > unsuccessful...is there a search page that I missed?) > > Thanks! > kelle > > -- > Kelle Cruz, PhD > http://www.astro.caltech.edu/~kelle/ > 424.645.1334 > _______________________________________________ > AstroPy mailing list > AstroPy at scipy.org > http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/astropy From federico.nati at tiscalinet.it Thu Mar 18 05:16:12 2010 From: federico.nati at tiscalinet.it (Federico Nati) Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:16:12 +0100 Subject: [AstroPy] RA DEC <-> AZ EL Conversion Message-ID: Hi all, what python package is best for coordinates conversion? I need, for example, to convert right ascension and dectlination into local azimuth and elevation, knowing GPS data (lat, lon, time). Thanks! Ciao, Federico. From mattyowl at googlemail.com Thu Mar 18 05:41:12 2010 From: mattyowl at googlemail.com (Matt Hilton) Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:41:12 +0200 Subject: [AstroPy] RA DEC <-> AZ EL Conversion In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <201003181141.12931.hiltonm@ukzn.ac.za> Hi Federico, The pyephem package does what you need: http://rhodesmill.org/pyephem/ Cheers, Matt. On Thursday 18 March 2010 11:16:12 Federico Nati wrote: > Hi all, > > what python package is best for coordinates conversion? I need, for > example, to convert right ascension and dectlination into local > azimuth and elevation, knowing GPS data (lat, lon, time). > > Thanks! > > Ciao, Federico. > _______________________________________________ > AstroPy mailing list > AstroPy at scipy.org > http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/astropy