Using Astropy for Astronomy With Python – Certificate of Completion

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Certificate of Achievement

This is to certify that

Kritin Murkoth

has successfully completed

Using Astropy for Astronomy With Python

a course of study offered by Real Python (realpython.com), an online learning platform and expert community for Python software developers.

Completion Date: June 21, 2026

Verification ID: 6e14468a-244c-46e5-b1fb-4d437f6ed377

Course Description

Skill level: intermediate

This course covers two problems from introductory astronomy to help you play with some Python libraries. You'll use NumPy, Matplotlib, and pandas to find planet conjunctions, and graph the best viewing times for a star.

Conjunctions

1. Using Astropy for Astronomy With Python (Overview)

2. Understanding Conjunctions

3. Coding for Conjunctions

4. Using pandas to Count Conjunctions

5. Storing Configuration Values

6. Setting Up the pandas DataFrame

7. Calculating Angular Separation

8. Showing the Results

Optimal Viewing

1. Optimal Viewing

2. Defining What You'll Need

3. Configuring a Range of Times

4. Translating Coordinates

5. Determining Local Midnight in UTC

6. Putting the View Together

7. Running the First Script

8. Adding to the Graph

9. Compensating for Atmosphere

10. Graphing Atmosphere as Secant

11. Using Astropy for Astronomy With Python (Summary)

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Certificate of Completion

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