sloancone.sdss_square_search module

A first pass square search of SDSS using the conesearch radius as the diameter of the (on sky) square

Author

David Young

class sdss_square_search(log, ra, dec, searchRadius, galaxyType=False)

Bases: object

The worker class for the sdss_square_search module

Key Arguments

log – logger

• ra – ra in sexigesimal or decimal degrees

• dec – dec in sexigesimal or decimal degrees

• searchRadius – search radius in arcsecs

close()

get()

get the results from the the sdss square search

Return

• sdss_square_search

_calculate_search_limits()

calculate search limits for the square search

Key Arguments

=

Return

• None

_build_sql_query()

build sql query for the sdss square search

Key Arguments

=

Return

• None

_execute_sql_query()

execute sql query using the sdss API

Key Arguments

=

Return

• None

_append_separations_to_results()

append angular separations to results

Key Arguments

=

Return

• None

_generate_sdss_object_name()

generate sdss object names for the results

Key Arguments

=

Return

• None