Hello world!

My name is Kieran and I’m a developer of astronomical software.

Curriculum Vitae

• Here is my regular CV, with more general information
• Here is my astronomy CV, which includes conference talks, publications, and outreach activities

Software I wrote / manage

• SimCADO

  An instrument data simulator for MICADO at the ELT

• ScopeSim

  A generic telescope/instrument/detector simulator

• ScopeSim Templates

  A series of helper functions for creating on-sky scenes for ScopeSim

• Instrument Reference Database

  Contains packages with descriptions of telescope and instrument optics

• AnisoCADO

  Generates SCAO PSFs for the ELT

• skycalc_ipy

  Pulls custom atmospheric spectra from ESO’s SkyCalc tool

• Pyckles

  A pythonic interface to astronomical spectra from general catalogues

Software to keep an eye on

• Synphot
• Tynt
• HSIM
• Pyxel

Random Ideas

• Astronomy related ideas
• Climate change related
• Software related
• Random rants