/stixdcpy

stixdcpy is a python package that facilitates access and analysis of STIX data.

Primary LanguageJupyter NotebookGNU General Public License v2.0GPL-2.0

DOI

stixdcpy is a Python library for STIX data users to retrieve and analyze STIX data. It provides user-friendly APIs for querying and fetching data from the STIX data center (https://datacenter.stix.i4ds.net/), along with a suite of utilities for visualizing data and conducting common analysis tasks. With stixdcpy, users can effortlessly access and manipulate various data types from the STIX data center, including:

  • Quick-look light curves
  • Housekeeping data
  • Science data
  • Energy calibration data
  • Auxiliary data
  • STIX solar flare list
  • STIX operations events
  • Ephemeris data

Installation

pip install git+https://github.com/i4ds/stixdcpy.git

Tutorial and documentation

Cite this work

If you use the stixdcpy in your research and publications, we would definitely appreciate an appropriate acknowledgment and citation! We suggest the following BibTex:

  • [1] H. Xiao, et al. The data center for the Spectrometer and Telescope for Imaging X-rays (STIX) on board Solar Orbiter. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 673, A142. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202346031
  • [2] Hualin Xiao, Säm Krucker, Lastufka Erica, & William Setterberg. (2022). stixdcpy – a python package that facilitates access and analysis of STIX data (v2.0). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7180433

Reporting Issues and Contributing

Open an issue on GitHub to report a problem. Pull requests welcome.