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Astropy
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Astropy (http://www.astropy.org) is a package intended to contain much of
the core functionality and some common tools needed for performing
astronomy and astrophysics with Python.

Releases are `registered on PyPI <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/astropy>`_,
and development is occurring at the
`project's github page <http://github.com/astropy/astropy>`_.

For installation instructions, see the `online documentation <http://docs.astropy.org/>`_
or  ``docs/install.rst`` in this source distribution.

For system packagers: Please install Astropy with the command::

    $ python setup.py --offline install

This will prevent the astropy_helpers bootstrap script from attempting to
reach out to PyPI.

Project Status
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For an overview of the testing and build status of all packages associated
with the Astropy Project, see http://dashboard.astropy.org.

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Contributing Code, Documentation, or Feedback
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The Astropy project is made both by and for its users, so we welcome and encourage
contributions of many kinds. Our goal is to keep this a positive, inclusive,
successful, and growing community, by abiding with the
`Astropy Community Code of Conduct <http://www.astropy.org/about.html#codeofconduct>`_.

More detailed information on contributing to the project or submitting feedback
can be found on the `contributions <http://www.astropy.org/contribute.html>`_ page.

A `summary of contribution guidelines <CONTRIBUTING.md>`_ can also be used as a quick
reference when you're ready to start writing or validating code for submission.

License
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Astropy is licensed under a 3-clause BSD style license - see the
``LICENSE.rst`` file.