v3.1.0

PyKE v3.1.0

PyKE v3.1.0 is the first version to provide an easy Python API to interact with target pixel files and light curve files, i.e. it adds the LightCurve, KeplerLightCurve, KeplerLightCurveFile, and KeplerTargetPixelFile classes. In addition, the PRF photometry tools were refactored into a more flexible interface, and a new implementation of the Self-Flat-Fielding systemats correction algorithm (SFFCorrector class) was added.

While preparing this release, the team decided to move the Python API to a dedicated standalone package called lightkurve (https://github.com/KeplerGO/lightkurve). Thus, users should expect the new API to be removed in v3.2.0 in favor of a dependency on the new lightkurve package. The long-term plan is for PyKE to become the command-line interface to lightkurve.

v3.0.0

PyKE v3.0.0

PyKE 3.0.0 is a major release which provides the following key improvements:

• PyKE is now a pip-installable package and supports both Python 2 and 3;
• tasks are now available both as command-line tools and Python functions;
• PyKE no longer depends on PyRAF and is TESS-ready;
• the tutorials have been updated for K2 and the documentation is now generated using Sphinx;
• the development has been moved to GitHub to encourage user contributions.
• the core code has been refactored to become more developer-friendly;

Bug fix release

bug fixes:

• kepcotrend: fixes missing np.arange
• kepstddev: pyfits.new_table was causing compatibility issues; uses astropy.fits.BinTableHDU.from_columns instead.
• kepimages ranges default value is now '0,0'

PyKE 3.0beta2

This is the second beta release of PyKE 3.0.

Major bugfix release

A new PyKE bugfix release is out! This release solves many critical bugs, primarily those related to the use of deprecated packages such as pyfits prior to its fusion into astropy.io.

The whole set of changes can be found here.

For installation instructions, refer to: https://github.com/KeplerGO/PyKE/blob/master/README.md

Dependencies:

matplotlib>=1.5.3
astropy>=1.0
numpy>=1.11.3
scipy>=0.19.0
pyraf>=2.1.11

Thank you

PyKE release 20151216

Release notes

This version of PyKE, released on 16 Dec 2015, includes the latest bugfixes to the kepextract and keppca tasks. In particular, it fixes a bug in kepextract that previously triggered the error message TypeError: Improper input: N=7 must not exceed M=6.

This is the first release made using the GitHub platform. We anticipate that all future releases will be made using this platform.