SDSS Queries (astroquery.sdss)¶
Getting started¶
This example shows how to perform an object cross-ID with SDSS. We’ll start with the position of a source found in another survey, and search within a 5 arcsecond radius for optical counterparts in SDSS. Note use of the keyword argument spectro, which requires matches to have spectroscopy, not just photometry:
>>> from astroquery.sdss import SDSS
>>> from astropy import coordinates as coords
>>> pos = coords.SkyCoord('0h8m05.63s +14d50m23.3s', frame='icrs')
>>> xid = SDSS.query_region(pos, spectro=True)
>>> print(xid)
ra dec ... specobjid run2d
---------------- ---------------- ... ------------------ -----
2.02344596573482 14.8398237551311 ... 845594848269461504 26
The result is an astropy.Table.
Downloading data¶
If we’d like to download spectra and/or images for our match, we have all the information we need in the elements of “xid” from the above example.
>>> sp = SDSS.get_spectra(matches=xid)
>>> im = SDSS.get_images(matches=xid, band='g')
The variables “sp” and “im” are lists of HDUList objects, one entry for
each corresponding object in xid.
Note that in SDSS, image downloads retrieve the entire plate, so further
processing will be required to excise an image centered around the point of
interest (i.e., the object(s) returned by
query_region).
Spectral templates¶
Warning
These templates are from the SDSS-I/II spectroscopic pipeline (DR7 and earlier). SDSS-III/IV (DR8 and later) spectroscopic processing pipelines use different templates.
It is also possible to download spectral templates from SDSS. To see what is available, do
>>> from astroquery.sdss import SDSS
>>> print(SDSS.AVAILABLE_TEMPLATES)
{'star_O': 0, 'star_OB': 1, 'star_B': 2, 'star_A': [3, 4], 'star_FA': 5,
'star_F': [6, 7], 'star_G': [8, 9], 'star_K': 10, 'star_M1': 11, 'star_M3': 12,
'star_M5': 13, 'star_M8': 14, 'star_L1': 15, 'star_wd': [16, 20, 21], 'star_carbon': [17, 18, 19],
'star_Ksubdwarf': 22, 'galaxy_early': 23, 'galaxy': [24, 25, 26], 'galaxy_late': 27, 'galaxy_lrg': 28,
'qso': 29, 'qso_bal': [30, 31], 'qso_bright': 32}
Then, to download your favorite template, do something like
>>> template = SDSS.get_spectral_template('qso')
The variable “template” is a list of HDUList objects
(same object as “sp” in the above example). In this case there is only one
result, but in a few cases there are multiple templates available to choose
from (e.g., the “galaxy” spectral template will actually return 3 templates).
Reference/API¶
astroquery.sdss Package¶
SDSS Spectra/Image/SpectralTemplate Archive Query Tool¶
Classes¶
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