Asteca

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- Closed `85 <https://github.com/asteca/asteca/issues/85>`__,
`70 <https://github.com/asteca/asteca/issues/70>`__,
`43 <https://github.com/asteca/asteca/issues/43>`__,
`86 <https://github.com/asteca/asteca/issues/86>`__.
- Metallicity and age now take steps in the GA.
- Add
`checker <https://github.com/Gabriel-p/asteca/blob/master/functions/checker.py>`__
function to make sure certain parameters are set correctly before
running.
- Number of points in ``get_radius`` increased 20% –> 25% of `the
RDP <https://github.com/Gabriel-p/asteca/commit/a2e9b8f16111d5adafe66fed1eb64ed8bc03997b>`__.

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- Closed: `89 <https://github.com/asteca/asteca/issues/89>`__,
`77 <https://github.com/asteca/asteca/issues/77>`__,
`80 <https://github.com/asteca/asteca/issues/80>`__.
- The ``params_input.dat`` and ``semi_input.dat`` files are now located
at the top level next to ``asteca.py``.
- Cluster’s photometric files are not longer required to be stored
inside a sub-folder to be picked-up by the code.

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- Correct version number.

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- Closed issues: `15 <https://github.com/asteca/asteca/issues/15>`__,
`73 <https://github.com/asteca/asteca/issues/73>`__,
`53 <https://github.com/asteca/asteca/issues/53>`__,
`24 <https://github.com/asteca/asteca/issues/24>`__,
`75 <https://github.com/asteca/asteca/issues/75>`__,
`79 <https://github.com/asteca/asteca/issues/79>`__,
`81 <https://github.com/asteca/asteca/issues/81>`__,
`59 <https://github.com/asteca/asteca/issues/59>`__,
`83 <https://github.com/asteca/asteca/issues/83>`__,
`78 <https://github.com/asteca/asteca/issues/78>`__,
`69 <https://github.com/asteca/asteca/issues/69>`__,
`74 <https://github.com/asteca/asteca/issues/74>`__.
- Changed name of package (OCAAT –> ASteCA).
- Added separate function to handle the spatial 2D histogram.
- Changes to ``get_center`` function (now hopefully simpler)
- Added UBVI support for *V vs (U-V)*.
- Added 2MASS CMD support for *J vs (J-H)*, *H vs (J-H)* and *K vs
(H-K)*.
- Improve field star regions integrated magnitudes curve averaging.
- Simplify process of adding a new CMD.
- Added details on how the integrated magnitude calculation is done in
the manual.
- Lots of minor edits/corrections.

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*First beta release*

Version used (with some small changes) in the `original
article <http://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/2015/04/aa24946-14/aa24946-14.html>`__.

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- Fix issue with BASTI isochrones that would store ages out of order
- Upgrade versions, Google Colab will most likely not work due to running older
versions of Python and the required packages.
- Remove new version checker https://github.com/asteca/ASteCA/issues/560
- Many type hints added to the codebase