CASA 6: Modular Integration in Python
Abstract
The Common Astronomy Software Applications (CASA), is the primary data processing software for the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA), and is often used also for other radio telescopes. CASA has always been distributed as a single, integrated application, including a Python interpreter and all the libraries, packages and modules. As part of the ongoing development of CASA 6, and the switch from Python 2 to 3, CASA will provide greater flexibility for users to integrate CASA into existing Python workflows by using a modular architecture and standard pip wheel installation. These proceedings of the 2019 Astronomical Data Analysis Software & Systems (ADASS) conference will give an overview of CASA 6 project.
- Publication:
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Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXIX
- Pub Date:
- 2020
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.1912.09439
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1912.09439
- Bibcode:
- 2020ASPC..527..271R
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 4 pages, to appear in proceedings of ADASS XXIX, ASP Conf. Series