Return astropy Table from `get_lytaf_events`

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Refactor
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
api, data

Research direction

Start by locating the get_lytaf_events implementation and inspect how it currently constructs and returns the NumPy record array. Review its callers and any nearby tests, then confirm that the function returns an astropy Table without breaking existing use.

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Description

Describe the bug

get_lytaf_events is another function that could probably return an astropy Table, instead of a numpy record array (ewwww).

To Reproduce

import sunpy

sunpy.map.Map(...)
etc

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Merged PRs (30d)
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