R Observatory: Metrics for astro version 1.2

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

This package was removed from CRAN on 2019-12-19. Its history is shown below.

Reason: email bounced when asked for correction. Misuses 'writeBin'

Details below reflect version 1.2, its last release before removal.

astro

1.2

Astronomy Functions, Tools and Routines

0packages depend

–downloads / year

–test coverage

–checks pass

Overview

About

Maintained by Lee Kelvin3 releasesCRAN page ↗

The astro package provides a series of functions, tools and routines in everyday use within astronomy. Broadly speaking, one may group these functions into 7 main areas, namely: cosmology, FITS file manipulation, the Sersic function, plotting, data manipulation, statistics and general convenience functions and scripting tools.

Install

R (source archive)

url <- "https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/astro/astro_1.2.tar.gz"
pkgFile <- "astro_1.2.tar.gz"
download.file(url, pkgFile)
install.packages(pkgFile, type = "source", repos = NULL)

This package is no longer on CRAN, so install.packages() cannot fetch it by name. This downloads the last archived source (1.2) and builds it locally. Install its dependencies first, and note that building from source needs the usual compiler toolchain.

Health

CRAN checks

CRAN check results are not tracked yet.

Code health

None

Tests · ratio 0.00

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Coverage

2

Dependencies · direct

Documentation

READMENoVignettesNopkgdown siteNoNEWSNoCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: 100%
Documented parameters: not tracked
Return-value docs: not tracked
References docs: 48%

Downloads

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Dependencies

Declared dependencies

1 external dependency (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (2)

MASSplotrix

Imports (0)

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LinkingTo (0)

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Suggests (0)

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Enhances (0)

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Reverse dependencies

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Code & Tests

People & History

People (1)

Other (1)

Lee Kelvin

Contributor

Package Timeline

3 releases. Pick two to compare their code metrics. R releases are shown for context.

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R 4.0.0 released · 2020-04-24
archivedRemoved from CRAN
2019-12-19
email bounced when asked for correction Misuses 'writeBin'
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R 3.6.0 released · 2019-04-26
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R 3.5.0 released · 2018-04-23
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R 3.4.0 released · 2017-04-21
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R 3.3.0 released · 2016-05-03
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R 3.2.0 released · 2015-04-16
1.2
2014-09-08 · diff ↗
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R 3.1.0 released · 2014-04-10
1.1
2013-11-13 · diff ↗
1.0
2013-04-06
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R 3.0.0 released · 2013-04-03

Package metadata

Total releases: 3
License: GPL (>= 2) OSI
Download size: not tracked yet
Installed size: not tracked yet
With dependencies: not tracked yet

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("astro")

Format

Kelvin, L. (n.d.). astro: Astronomy Functions, Tools and Routines (Version 1.2) [Computer software]. Retrieved August 14, 2026, from https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=astro

This is what citation() produces when a package has no citation file of its own. If it prints something else, use that.

Cite the R Observatory

For a number measured here: a download total, a coverage figure, an archival date.

Format

APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for astro version 1.2 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-13. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

From data release v2026-08-13, which the citation names so these numbers can be found later. More on citing and the projects behind them.

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