Let's get this party started

First I need to download stsci_python, the python (and other stuff) package that my sysadmin recommends.

Then added 3 lines to my .cshrc:

# STSci  Python IRAF etc
if ( -f /usr/stsci/envconfig.mac/cshrc ) source /usr/stsci/envconfig.mac/cshrc
iraf

Checking, "which python" returns:  /usr/stsci/pyssg/Python-2.7/bin/python   

Good.  Next, "ipython -pylab" , and then make the Hello World plot:

x = randn(1E5)
hist(x,100)

Hell yeah, I made some python.