querySDSS 2.0

Query for SDSS datarelease 18

QuerySDSS is a Python script that utilizes the Astropy and Astroquery libraries to retrieve data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release 18 (DR18). This script fetches information about celestial objects including their nature (galaxy, star, quasar), redshift, coordinates, positions, and flux values.

Requirements

• Python 3.x

• Astroquery

• Astropy

You can install the required packages using the following command:

pip install astroquery astropy

How to Install

Clone this repository to your local machine using the following command:

git clone https://github.com/aCosmicDebbuger/querySDSS.git
cd querySDSS

or you can use pip

pip install querySDSS

Usage:

Just opena a terminal where the file is located and run

python3 querySDSS.py

or if you need to import it:

from querySDSS.querySDSS.querySDSS import query_sdss_data

a = query_sdss_data(num_observations=3000)
print(a)

You’ll get a table of SDSS data.