v0.8.0

What's Changed

• Change open_catalog return type by @camposandro in #1154
• Prefer 'write_catalog', and deprecate 'to_hats' by @delucchi-cmu in #1151
• Collapse Dataset inheritance. by @delucchi-cmu in #1157
• Remove methods from nested dask dataframe by @delucchi-cmu in #1156
• Add explode lightcurves doc page by @smcguire-cmu in #1155
• Add compute_single_partition function to map_partitions by @smcguire-cmu in #1159
• Add python 3.14 to CI by @delucchi-cmu in #1162
• Docs: DP1 Linea section header from H1 to H2 by @hombit in #1166
• Enhance getting-started guide with installation options by @hombit in #1165
• Docs: update Python version in getting started by @hombit in #1164
• replaced ellipses with ... by @nevencaplar in #1168
• Add Gaia Epoch propagation NB by @hombit in #1177
• Epoch prop NB: add missed plot by @hombit in #1178
• Modify learning objectives subsections in documentation by @nevencaplar in #1173
• hipscat to hats in contact pages by @nevencaplar in #1180
• Support left-join in crossmatch by @gitosaurus in #1138
• Estimate catalog size by @camposandro in #1179
• Make most of map_rows arguments to be keyword-only by @hombit in #1182
• Add memory-size partitioning to from_dataframe; change partition size params to partition_rows and partition_bytes by @olivialynn in #1181
• fix from_dataframe test expecting partitioning by rows not bytes by @smcguire-cmu in #1185
• Update ra and dec column in catalog_info during rename by @smcguire-cmu in #1184
• Update to 2026 by @nevencaplar in #1191
• Bump actions/upload-artifact from 5 to 6 by @dependabot[bot] in #1189
• Bump actions/cache from 4 to 5 by @dependabot[bot] in #1190
• Bump dawidd6/action-download-artifact from 11 to 12 by @dependabot[bot] in #1188
• update to work with new hats properties by @smcguire-cmu in #1194
• Catalog Loader from Astropy Tables by @dougbrn in #1193
• Simplify learning objectives by @nevencaplar in #1196
• Add latest version of lsdb in Getting Started by @nevencaplar in #1200
• Add memory_limit=None section by @nevencaplar in #1204
• Mention inner join in catalog.join docstring by @nevencaplar in #1208
• Remove margin call in GAIA open catalog by @nevencaplar in #1207
• Update contact page by @nevencaplar in #1209
• Fix landing page by @nevencaplar in #1213
• clear output for catalog_object nb by @dougbrn in #1212
• Added init data access readme by @nevencaplar in #1198
• Update hats and nested pins. by @delucchi-cmu in #1217

Full Changelog: v0.7.3...v0.8.0