Category Archives: Tutorial

pIDLy and Macports

Posted on February 29, 2012 by jackireland

Today I tried to install pIDLy with my Macports-based Python installation. Macports-based Python is the currently recommended method of using sunpy on OSX.  pIDLy, written by A. Smith and available here (http://astronomy.sussex.ac.uk/~anthonys/pidly/ ) is a free package that allows communication from a … Continue reading →

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Making difference movies with SunPy and FFmpeg

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Keith

Here is a quick tutorial on making a difference movie using SunPy and FFmpeg. Some sample JPEG 2000 data used to make the example video is provided. Make sure you install OpenJPEG first though to be able to use the JP2 … Continue reading →

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SunPy Talk at University of Graz

Posted on October 16, 2011 by schriste

Florian Mayer has recently given a talk introducing Python and SunPy to students at the University of Graz, Austria. A recording of his talk (in German) and slides (in English) are available online. Thanks Florian!

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Reading in RHESSI image fits files with SunPy

Posted on August 30, 2011 by schriste

Sunpy can now read in RHESSI image fits files.  To try it out for yourself, grab the latest version of SunPy from GitHub. Example: Notes: The colors module of Matplotlib provides the ability to set the scale of the color … Continue reading →

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Getting started with Eclipse and PyDev

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Keith

There are many great IDEs available for Python, but one of the most powerful has to be Eclipse (or Aptana Studio, an Eclipse derivative geared towards web development)  with the PyDev plugin installed. Some of Eclipse/PyDev’s features include: Integrated Python console … Continue reading →

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