Lesson 8 - Into the 3rd dimension!

Today we will starting thinking in 3D, and about the rendering of images in general.

We will make heavy use of ipyvolume.

Notes

kepler_data_table_to_new_planet_system.py is a library used to convert the Kepler planet data table to a format convert_kepler_data.py can use
planets_2019.07.30_19.22.04.csv is a new list of Kepler planets
also see the Optional ipynb notebook file to see how to use this

This section is quite optional. Note that if you go down this path it’s expected you’ll look over the reference materials provided:

First check out the optional lecture slides listed today
Also look at the examples on this ipyvolume page to get a sense of what kinds of things you can embed.
Also, watch this video about GitHub pages
And also learn a bit about how to use git by checking out this tutorial
It’s worth noting that the above uses Linux/Unix/Mac commands and assumes you have git installed which Macs generally come with. If you have a windows machine you’ll likely need to download and install git. There are some videos of this process can be found here, although it also includes an installation of npm and Idyll which you can skip. You can also use the GitHub gui, but you’re on your own with that one!