cone_search_plus

A whiz-bang Python package for all-sky cone searches with tunable constraints.

Requirements:

• numpy
• astropy
• matplotlib
• ephem
• astroquery

Installation

Install via PYPI with

pip install cone_search_plus

or via Github with

git clone https://github.com/hover2pi/cone_search_plus.git
python cone_search_plus/setup.py install

Web Application

To run cone_search_plus as a Web application, do

python App/csp_app/app_csp.py

And then navigate to http://0.0.0.0:5000/ in your browser.

Documentation

Full documentation for the latest build can be found on ReadTheDocs.

The package also contains detailed Jupyter notebooks highlighting the core functionality of its primary classes, including

• cone_search_plus.csp.SourceList

Demo

Here is a demo of the software:

# Imports
from cone_search_plus import csp
import astropy.units as q

# Coordinates of Trappist-1
ra = 346.6223683553692
dec = -05.0413976917903

# Make the SourceList object
sl = csp.SourceList([ra,dec], 2*q.arcmin)

  _r     USNO-A2.0    RAJ2000    DEJ2000   ACTflag Mflag Bmag Rmag  Epoch  
 arcm                   deg        deg                   mag  mag     yr   
------ ------------- ---------- ---------- ------- ----- ---- ---- --------
1.7118 0825-19856975 346.595528  -5.031456               18.3 17.2 1953.680
0.8099 0825-19857185 346.610139  -5.035592               17.4 15.5 1953.680
0.1138 0825-19857340 346.621587  -5.039667               18.8 18.2 1953.680
1.9556 0825-19857424 346.627275  -5.073620               18.7 17.7 1953.680
1.1837 0825-19857643 346.641906  -5.044656               17.9 17.0 1953.680
1.6607 0825-19857776 346.650070  -5.039175               15.2 14.7 1953.680
6 sources found within 2.0 arcmin

And plot it:

sl.proximity_plot()

Nice!

Licensed

This project is Copyright (c) Joe Filippazzo and licensed under the terms of the BSD 3-Clause license. See LICENSE for more information.