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Task: debian-astro
Relevance: 7
Section: debian-astro
Description: Debian Astro Pure Blend
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Task: astro-catalogs
Parent: debian-astro
Section: debian-astro
Description: Astronomy catalogs
 This metapackage will install a selection astronomical catalogs. Please note
 that due to their size, most catalogs are not included in Debian. Check the
 CDS web service for additional catalogs if needed.
Key: 
 astro-catalogs

Task: astro-datareduction
Parent: debian-astro
Section: debian-astro
Description: Data reduction pipelines for astronomy
 The term data reduction in astronomy means the data processing from the raw
 exposures up to scientific usable data. This includes the basic CCD
 processing, the astrometric and photometric calibrations, the reprocessing,
 error estimation and other steps.
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 This metapackage will install astronomy data reduction pipelines that can be
 used universally, but also those for specific telescopes.
Test-new-install: mark show
Key: 
 astro-datareduction

Task: astro-development
Parent: debian-astro
Section: debian-astro
Description: C/C++ development packages for astronomy
 This metapackage will install Debian Astro packages which might be
 helpful for the development of (mainly C/C++) astronomical applications. Note
 that Java, Python and Tcl/Tk packages are not included here; they can be
 installed by selecting the according tasks.
Test-new-install: mark show
Key: 
 astro-development

Task: astro-education
Parent: debian-astro
Section: debian-astro
Description: Educational astronomy applications
 This metapackage depends on various applications that can be used to
 teach astronomy.
Test-new-install: mark show
Key: 
 astro-education

Task: astro-frameworks
Parent: debian-astro
Section: debian-astro
Description: Astronomical data analysis frameworks
 This metapackage will install large astronomical data analysis frameworks,
 which usually provide their own script language.
Test-new-install: mark show
Key: 
 astro-frameworks

Task: astro-gdl
Parent: debian-astro
Section: debian-astro
Description: IDL/GDL packages for astronomy
 GDL (GNU Data Language) is a free replacement for the commercial software IDL
 (Interactive Data Language). It has full syntax compatibility with IDL 7.1
 and is usable for astronomical data analysis. This metapackage will install
 astronomy related packages usable with GDL; especially the  IDL Astronomy
 Users Library.
Test-new-install: mark show
Key: 
 astro-gdl

Task: astro-java
Parent: debian-astro
Section: debian-astro
Description: Java packages for astronomy
 This metapackage will install packages that are useful to develop Java
 applications for astronomy. Apart from FITS file handling, this is mainly used
 for VO applications.
Test-new-install: mark show
Key: 
 astro-java

Task: astro-publication
Parent: debian-astro
Section: debian-astro
Description: Packages for the publication and presentation of astronomical data
 This metapackage will install software for the preparation of astronomical
 data to publish them in journals or on the web.
Test-new-install: mark show
Key: 
 astro-publication

Task: astro-python
Parent: debian-astro
Section: debian-astro
Description: Python 2 packages for astronomy
 This metapackage will install Python 2 packages for astronomy. The packages
 can be used for interactive analysis, or to create specific programs.
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 Note that Python 2 is legacy only, Python 3 is the present and future of the
 language. The support for Python 2 will end in 2020. Please use Python 2 only
 if you don't have a choice.
Key: 
 astro-python

Task: astro-python3
Parent: debian-astro
Section: debian-astro
Description: Python 3 packages for astronomy
 This metapackage will install Python 3 packages for astronomy. The packages
 can be used for interactive analysis, or to create specific programs.
Test-new-install: mark show
Key: 
 astro-python3

Task: astro-radioastronomy
Parent: debian-astro
Section: debian-astro
Description: Radio Astronomy Software
 This metapackage will install Debian Astro packages for radio astronomy. It
 should contain most of the required tools that a radio astronomer require for
 setting up a data reduction pipeline.
Test-new-install: mark show
Key: 
 astro-radioastronomy

Task: astro-simulation
Parent: debian-astro
Section: debian-astro
Description: Simulation packages for astronomy
 This metapackage will install packages for celestial, astronomical and
 cosmological simulations.
Test-new-install: mark show
Key: 
 astro-simulation

Task: astro-tcltk
Parent: debian-astro
Section: debian-astro
Description: Tcl/Tk packages for astronomy
 This metapackage will install packages that are useful to develop Tcl/Tk
 applications for astronomy.
Key: 
 astro-tcltk

Task: astro-telescopecontrol
Parent: debian-astro
Section: debian-astro
Description: Telescope control and data processing
 This metapackage will install Debian Astro packages to control (mainly
 amateur) telescopes and do their data reduction.
Test-new-install: mark show
Key: 
 astro-telescopecontrol

Task: astro-tools
Parent: debian-astro
Section: debian-astro
Description: Astronomy tools and utilities
 This metapackage will install small tools provided by Debian Astronomy
 packages. These tools handle smaller tasks, mainly dealing with FITS files.
Test-new-install: mark show
Key: 
 astro-tools

Task: astro-viewers
Parent: debian-astro
Section: debian-astro
Description: Interactive astronomical data viewers
 This metapackage will install software for the interactive visual inspection
 of astronomical data. Note that Python packages can be used for interactive
 inspection as well within the ipython environment.
Test-new-install: mark show
Key: 
 astro-viewers

Task: astro-virtual-observatory
Parent: debian-astro
Section: debian-astro
Description: Tools and viewers for the Virtual Observatory
 This metapackage will install commonly used interfaces for interacting with
 datasets and archive data within the online distributed Virtual Observatory.
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 The Virtual Observatory allows astronomers to interrogate multiple data
 centers in a seamless and transparent way, provides new powerful analysis and
 visualization tools within that system, and gives data centers a standard
 framework for publishing and delivering services using their data. This is
 made possible by standardization of data and metadata, by standardization of
 data exchange methods, and by the use of a registry, which lists available
 services and what can be done with them.
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 When running, many of these tools can communicate with each other
 using the Simple Application Messaging Protocol (SAMP)
Key: 
 astro-virtual-observatory