Alternate way to read Wang and Merritt table

gistfile1.txt

def nuker_params(skip=False):
    table=ascii.read('wm', fill_values=[(r'$\cap$', 'core', 'type')])
    columns=table.columns
    table.rename_column(r'$\Upsilon_V $','Uv')
    table.rename_column(r'$\alpha$','alpha')
    table.rename_column(r'$\beta$','beta')
    table.rename_column(r'$\Gamma$','gamma')
    table.rename_column(r'Distance','d')
    table.rename_column(r'$\mu_b$', 'mub')
    table.rename_column(r'Profile\tablenotemark{b}','type')
    table.rename_column(r'$\log_{10}(M_{\bullet}/M_{\odot})$\tablenotemark{c}', 'M_from_bulge')
    table.rename_column(r'$\log_{10}(M_{\bullet}/M_{\odot})$\tablenotemark{e}', 'M')
    table.rename_column(r'$\log_{10}(r_{b})$','rb')
    table.rename_column(r'$\log_{10}\dot{N}$\tablenotemark{f}','Ndot')

    table['rb']=10.**table['rb']
    table['M']=M_sun*(10.**table['M'])
    Ib_column=column=Column(name='Ib',data=[mub_to_Ib(mub) for mub in table['mub']])
    table.add_column(Ib_column)

    galaxies=dict()
    for idx,row in enumerate(table):
        galaxies[row['Name']]=row

    return galaxies