# Using R in Astronomy

> Alastair Sanderson of the University of Birmingham has a fantastic set of pages for astronomers using R. For astronomers thinking about getting started with R, there's a tutorial based on examples using astronomical data. The getting started using R page,…
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 Alastair Sanderson of the University of Birmingham has a fantastic set of [pages for astronomers using R](http://www.sr.bham.ac.uk/~ajrs/r-project.html). For astronomers thinking about getting started with R, there's a [tutorial based on examples using astronomical data](http://www.sr.bham.ac.uk/~ajrs/R/r-tutorials.html). The [getting started using R](http://www.sr.bham.ac.uk/~ajrs/R/r-getting_started.html) page, dense with practical examples of R code, would be useful to any R beginner, not just astronomers. There's also [gallery of astronomy-related charts](http://www.sr.bham.ac.uk/~ajrs/R/r-gallery.html) done in R.

It's terrific to see these examples of R's use beyond the "traditional" statistical domains. Perhaps we'll see an R chart on [APOD](http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/) one day?
Alastair Sanderson: [Using R in Astronomy](http://www.sr.bham.ac.uk/~ajrs/r-project.html)