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HITRAN cleanup

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Description

There are several things that need to be improved in the HITRAN module:

* [ ] Docstrings need to show the accepted parameters in the callspec (I think we manage this in other packages?)
* [ ] Need to be able to query multiple molecules/isotopes simultaneously (can the database support these queries?)
* [ ] Need to add units to parsed tables

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start by locating the HITRAN module and its docstring, query, and parsed-table entry points, then compare them with similar packages in astroquery. Done means addressing the checklist: documenting accepted parameters, determining whether multi-molecule or multi-isotope queries are supported, and adding units to parsed tables.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
data
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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