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 **spe**\ctral **c**\ haracterization and **i**\ nference for **e**\ xoplanet **s**\ cience
 
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 *species* is a toolkit for atmospheric characterization of directly imaged exoplanets. It provides a coherent framework for spectral and photometric analysis which builds on publicly-available data and models from various resources.
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