A Python library for reading variable star data from the General Catalog of Variable Stars.
Use pip
to install latest release available at PyPI:
pip install pygcvs
Download the iii.dat
file from GCVS and point the read_gcvs
function at its location. The function returns a generator which yields a single star data dictionary at a time. See below:
>>> import pygcvs
>>> for star in pygcvs.read_gcvs('iii.dat'):
... print(star['name'])
R AND
S AND
#...
V0515 VUL
V0516 VUL
- Zbigniew Siciarz (zbigniew at siciarz dot net)
pygcvs is free software, licensed under the MIT/X11 License. A copy of the license is provided with the source code in the LICENSE file.