************* About SNCosmo ************* Package Features ================ - **SN models:** Synthesize supernova spectra and photometry from SN models. - **Fitting and sampling:** Functions for fitting and sampling SN model parameters given photometric light curve data. - **I/O:** Convenience functions for reading and writing peculiar data formats used in other packages. - **Built-in supernova models** such as SALT2, MLCS2k2, Hsiao, Nugent, PSNID, SNANA and Whalen models, as well as a variety of built-in bandpasses and magnitude systems. - **Extensible:** New models, bandpasses, and magnitude systems can be defined, using an object-oriented interface. The name SNCosmo ================ A natural choice, "snpy", was already in use by the "SNooPy" package, so I tried to be a little more descriptive. The package is really specific to supernova *cosmology*, as it doesn't cover other types of supernova science (radiative transfer simulations for instance). Hence "sncosmo". Contributors ============ SNCosmo was originally written by Kyle Barbary in 2012. Since then, over 20 people have contributed to its development. A full list of contributors can be found in the `CITATION.cff `_ file. Parsed versions of the author list, including BibTeX entries that can be used to cite SNCosmo, are available on `GitHub `_ and `Zenodo `_.