[AstroPy] Write machine readable tables in Python?

[Paul Kuin]

The tables in ApJ ar archived by the astronomical data centers using the
CDS format since 1994. That is separate from the printed edition. The
archived tables can be found via the Vizier service.


On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 6:16 PM, Moritz Günther <moritz.guenther at gmx.de>wrote:

> Hi Paul,
>
> if you implement (parts of) a CDS format writer in astropy, that would
> be great.
> I should point out though, that ApJ will format any reasonable data you
> send them (e.g. fits or some plain ascii) into the appropriate format.
> I am sure they will appreciate if the file you send them is already
> close to a the final format, but they have to do some manual editing
> anyway, e.g. add the page number etc. that your paper will have when
> published.
>
> (Unless I misunderstand your email and you are working for ApJ and
> trying to improve the software used on their end - I don't know how
> exactly they do it. My understanding is that they use some combination
> of their own tools and manual editing.)
>
> Moritz
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