Next: PyFITS, a FITS Module for Python . ... Pirzkal, N. & Hook, R. N. 1999, in ASP Conf. ... Python is a powerful, object-oriented scripting language that is easy to extend, free, and available for most computer platforms. Python, together with its Numerical module, and with the pFitsio module that is being developed by one of the authors, provides an attractive alternative to other languages such as Perl, IDL, and the IRAF CL, which are already widely used by the community. ...