{"categories":[{"label":"Astronomy","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/scientific-engineering-astronomy"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Regions provides tools for defining, manipulating, and analyzing astronomical regions\u2014geometric shapes on the sky used in astronomy data analysis.","skillfed_tags":["astronomy","astropy-ecosystem","spatial-geometry"],"use_cases":["Define apertures for photometric measurements on astronomical images","Create masks to exclude or include specific regions when analyzing survey data","Convert between different region coordinate systems in astronomical workflows","Store and retrieve region definitions for reproducible astronomical analysis","Filter astronomical catalogs based on spatial region membership"],"what_it_does":"Regions is an Astropy package that provides a unified interface for working with astronomical regions\u2014geometric shapes defined on the celestial sphere or in pixel coordinates. It handles the creation, manipulation, and analysis of regions commonly used in astronomy workflows. The package integrates tightly with astropy and numpy, allowing astronomers to work with regions in a Pythonic way.\n\nThe package is actively maintained as part of the Astropy ecosystem and supports current Python versions. It includes both sky-based regions and pixel-based regions, enabling flexible region handling across different astronomical data types and workflows.","worth_installing":"Yes, if you work with astronomical data and need to define or manipulate spatial regions. The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, and integrates with the Astropy ecosystem. The medium install friction is typical for scientific Python packages with compiled dependencies. BSD-3-Clause licensing poses no restrictions for most use cases."},"id":"regions","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/regions","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/regions.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/regions/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2026-06-24","license_spdx":"BSD-3-Clause","license_treatment":"permissive","name":"regions","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"An Astropy coordinated package for region handling"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":118922,"position":12097,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"0.12"}