frb.surveys.des

DES Survey

class frb.surveys.des.DES_Survey(coord, radius, **kwargs)[source]

Bases: DL_Survey

Class to handle queries on the DECaL survey

Child of DL_Survey which uses datalab to access NOAO

Args:

  • coord (SkyCoord) – Coordiante for surveying around

  • radius (Angle) – Search radius around the coordinate

__init__(coord, radius, **kwargs)[source]
get_catalog(query=None, query_fields=None, print_query=False, **kwargs)[source]

Grab a catalog of sources around the input coordinate to the search radius

Args:

  • query – Not used

  • query_fields (list, optional) – Over-ride list of items to query

  • print_query (bool) – Print the SQL query generated

  • grab_wise (bool) – Attempt to grab WISE data too. This is not recommended.

Returns:

Catalog of sources returned. Includes WISE photometry for matched sources.

Return type:

astropy.table.Table