{"action":"opened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/gwpy/gwpy/issues/40","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/gwpy/gwpy/issues/40/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/gwpy/gwpy/issues/40/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/gwpy/gwpy/issues/40/events","html_url":"https://github.com/gwpy/gwpy/issues/40","id":60002931,"number":40,"title":"TimeSeriesPlot y-axis values should use scientific notation below 1e-3","user":{"login":"duncanmmacleod","id":1618530,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1618530?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/duncanmmacleod","html_url":"https://github.com/duncanmmacleod","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/duncanmmacleod/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/duncanmmacleod/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/duncanmmacleod/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/duncanmmacleod/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/duncanmmacleod/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/duncanmmacleod/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/duncanmmacleod/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/duncanmmacleod/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/duncanmmacleod/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2015-03-05T19:29:11Z","updated_at":"2015-03-05T19:29:11Z","closed_at":null,"body":"The `TimeSeriesPlot` prints y-axis values as float, instead of scientific notation, for values that are very small:\r\n\r\n```python\r\nfrom gwpy.timeseries import TimeSeries\r\ndata = TimeSeries.fetch('L1:OAF-CAL_DARM_DQ', 1108807722, 1108807724)\r\nplot = data.plot()\r\nplot.show()\r\n```\r\n![gwpy-y-axis-values](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/1618530/6512689/633aa334-c33b-11e4-8702-4ac798b77e3a.png)\r\n\r\nIdeally the y-axis tick labels would be -11e-5 up to -4e-5 or similar."}}