astroquery Documentation Release 0.3.1.dev3141 Adam Ginsburg January 15, 2016 Contents I Introduction3 II Installation7 1 Requirements 11 III Using astroquery 13 IV Available Services 17 2 A Gallery of Queries 21 2.1 Example 1................................................ 21 2.2 Example 2................................................ 21 2.3 Example 3................................................ 22 2.4 Example 4................................................ 22 2.5 Example 5................................................ 22 2.6 Example 6................................................ 22 2.7 Example 7................................................ 23 2.8 Example 8................................................ 28 3 SIMBAD Queries (astroquery.simbad) 31 3.1 Getting started.............................................. 31 3.2 Customizing the default settings..................................... 37 3.3 Reference/API.............................................. 39 4 VizieR Queries (astroquery.vizier) 47 4.1 Getting started.............................................. 47 4.2 Reference/API.............................................. 51 5 IRSA Dust Extinction Service Queries (astroquery.irsa_dust) 59 5.1 Getting started.............................................. 59 5.2 Reference/API.............................................. 62 6 NED Queries (astroquery.ned) 67 6.1 Getting Started.............................................. 67 6.2 Reference/API.............................................. 71 i 7 Splatalogue Queries (astroquery.splatalogue) 81 7.1 Getting Started.............................................. 81 7.2 Examples................................................. 81 7.3 Reference/API.............................................. 84 8 IRSA Image Server program interface (IBE) Queries (astroquery.ibe) 91 8.1 Reference/API.............................................. 91 9 IRSA Queries (astroquery.irsa) 97 9.1 Getting started.............................................. 97 9.2 Reference/API.............................................. 100 10 UKIDSS Queries (astroquery.ukidss) 105 10.1 Getting started.............................................. 105 10.2 Reference/API.............................................. 108 11 MAGPIS Queries (astroquery.magpis) 115 11.1 Getting started.............................................. 115 11.2 Reference/API.............................................. 116 12 NRAO Queries (astroquery.nrao) 119 12.1 Getting started.............................................. 119 12.2 Reference/API.............................................. 120 13 Besancon Queries (astroquery.besancon) 127 13.1 Getting started.............................................. 127 13.2 Reference/API.............................................. 128 14 NIST Queries (astroquery.nist) 133 14.1 Getting started.............................................. 133 14.2 Reference/API.............................................. 134 15 NVAS Queries (astroquery.nvas) 139 15.1 Getting started.............................................. 139 15.2 Reference/API.............................................. 140 16 GAMA Queries (astroquery.gama) 145 16.1 Getting started.............................................. 145 16.2 Reference/API.............................................. 146 17 ESO Queries (astroquery.eso) 149 17.1 Getting started.............................................. 149 17.2 Requirements............................................... 149 17.3 Authentication with ESO User Portal.................................. 149 17.4 Query and direct retrieval of instrument specific raw data........................ 150 17.5 Obtaining extended information on data products............................ 152 17.6 Reference/API.............................................. 153 18 xMatch Queries (astroquery.xmatch) 157 18.1 Getting started.............................................. 157 19 Atomic Line List (astroquery.atomic) 159 19.1 Getting started.............................................. 159 20 ALMA Queries (astroquery.alma) 161 20.1 Example Notebooks........................................... 161 ii 20.2 Getting started.............................................. 161 20.3 Authentication.............................................. 162 20.4 Querying Targets and Regions...................................... 162 20.5 Downloading Data............................................ 163 20.6 Downloading FITS data......................................... 163 20.7 Further Examples............................................. 164 20.8 Reference/API.............................................. 164 21 Skyview Queries (astroquery.skyview) 171 21.1 Getting started.............................................. 171 21.2 Reference/API.............................................. 174 22 NASA ADS Queries (astroquery.nasa_ads) 183 22.1 Getting Started.............................................. 183 22.2 Examples................................................. 183 22.3 Reference/API.............................................. 184 23 HEASARC Queries (astroquery.heasarc) 185 23.1 Getting started.............................................. 185 23.2 Reference/API.............................................. 185 24 Fermi Queries (astroquery.fermi) 189 24.1 Getting started.............................................. 189 24.2 Reference/API.............................................. 189 25 SDSS Queries (astroquery.sdss) 193 25.1 Getting started.............................................. 193 25.2 Downloading data............................................ 193 25.3 Spectral templates............................................ 193 25.4 Reference/API.............................................. 194 26 ALFALFA Queries (astroquery.alfalfa) 211 26.1 Getting started.............................................. 211 26.2 Reference/API.............................................. 211 26.3 astroquery.alfalfa Package........................................ 211 27 Spitzer Heritage Archive (astroquery.sha) 215 27.1 Querying catalogs............................................ 215 27.2 Additional Documentation........................................ 215 27.3 Saving files to disk............................................ 216 27.4 Reading files into python......................................... 216 27.5 Reference/API.............................................. 216 28 LAMDA Queries (astroquery.lamda) 221 28.1 Getting started.............................................. 221 28.2 Reference/API.............................................. 221 29 OGLE Queries (astroquery.ogle) 223 29.1 Getting started.............................................. 223 29.2 Reference/API.............................................. 223 30 Open Exoplanet Catalogue(astroquery.open_exoplanet_catalogue) 229 30.1 Getting started.............................................. 229 30.2 Examples................................................. 229 30.3 Reference................................................. 231 iii 31 CosmoSim Queries (astroquery.cosmosim) 233 31.1 Requirements............................................... 233 31.2 Getting started.............................................. 233 31.3 Managing CosmoSim Queries...................................... 234 31.4 Exploring Database Schema....................................... 236 31.5 Downloading data............................................ 238 31.6 Reference/API.............................................. 239 V Catalog, Archive, and Other 245 32 Catalogs 249 32.1 ALFALFA Queries (astroquery.alfalfa)............................... 249 32.2 GAMA Queries (astroquery.gama).................................. 252 32.3 IRSA Image Server program interface (IBE) Queries (astroquery.ibe)............... 254 32.4 IRSA Queries (astroquery.irsa)................................... 259 32.5 IRSA Dust Extinction Service Queries (astroquery.irsa_dust)................... 265 32.6 NED Queries (astroquery.ned).................................... 272 32.7 OGLE Queries (astroquery.ogle)................................... 284 32.8 Open Exoplanet Catalogue(astroquery.open_exoplanet_catalogue)............... 288 32.9 SDSS Queries (astroquery.sdss)................................... 290 32.10 Spitzer Heritage Archive (astroquery.sha).............................. 307 32.11 SIMBAD Queries (astroquery.simbad)................................ 311 32.12 UKIDSS Queries (astroquery.ukidss)................................ 326 32.13 VizieR Queries (astroquery.vizier)................................. 335 32.14 xMatch Queries (astroquery.xmatch)................................. 345 33 Archives 347 33.1 ALFALFA Queries (astroquery.alfalfa)............................... 347 33.2 ALMA Queries (astroquery.alma).................................. 350 33.3 ESO Queries (astroquery.eso).................................... 358 33.4 Fermi Queries (astroquery.fermi).................................. 365 33.5 HEASARC Queries (astroquery.heasarc).............................. 368 33.6 IRSA Image Server program interface (IBE) Queries (astroquery.ibe)............... 370 33.7 IRSA Queries (astroquery.irsa)................................... 375 33.8 MAGPIS Queries (astroquery.magpis)................................ 381 33.9 NED Queries (astroquery.ned).................................... 385 33.10 NRAO Queries (astroquery.nrao)................................... 396 33.11 NVAS Queries (astroquery.nvas)..................................