PyAutoLens: Open-Source Strong Gravitational Lensing

1 Institute for Computational Cosmology, Stockton Rd, Durham DH1 3LE 2 Key Laboratory of Space Astronomy and Technology, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China 3 National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 20A Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100012, China 4 Advanced Research Computing, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE 5 Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Bologna, Via Berti Pichat 6/2, I-40127 Bologna, Italy 6 Lorentz Institute, Leiden University, Niels Bohrweg 2, Leiden, NL-2333 CA, The Netherlands 7 School of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, The Parade, Cardiff CF24 3AA, UK DOI: 10.21105/joss.02825

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