Working with Astronomical Isochrone Data in Python

This content represents a Python script or a component of a larger Python project designed for handling astronomical isochrone data. Isochrones, which are lines connecting points of equal age in a plot, are crucial in understanding the evolutionary stages of stars in a cluster. The script utilizes modules from different libraries (e.g., fidanka.isochrone.MIST, ThomasAstro.iso.isoGenerator, and pysep.io.trk) to read and manipulate isochrone data. The inclusion of an argparse interface suggests this script is intended for command-line execution, allowing users to specify the path to an isochrone file as an argument.

from fidanka.isochrone.MIST import read_iso, read_iso_metadata
from ThomasAstro.iso.isoGenerator import iso
from pysep.io.trk import read_trk
 
 
if __name__ == "__main__":
    import argparse
 
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
    parser.add_argument("iso_file", help="Path to isochrone file")