class AstroToolkit.Data.dataquery.DataStruct

This structure is returned from data, bulkdata and reddening queries, when read from a data file that was originally created by a data, bulkdata or reddening query, or through the Models module (in which case all attributes are set to None).

Attributes

kindstr

“data”

subkind: str

data query kind, from: “data”, “bulkdata”, “reddening”

survey: str

survey from which data originates. For bulkdata queries, defaults to None.

catalogue: str

Vizier catalogue ID from which data originates

sourceint

Gaia source ID of target system (if given, else None)

poslist<float>

Position of target system [right ascension, declination] in degrees

identifierstr

Position of target system in JHHMMSS.SS±DDMMSS.SS format

datanamestr

Default file for the savedata() method

data: dict

returned data in the form:

{
<Vizier column header>: <value>
...
}

Methods

savedata(fname)

Saves a data structure’s data to local files.

Parameters:

fname (str, optional) – overrides file name, defaults to file name given by the data structure’s ‘dataname’ attribute

Returns:

name of file to which data was saved

Return type:

str

showdata(pprint, print_methods)

Prints data structure to stdout in a readable format.

Parameters:

pprint (bool, optional) – collapse arrays and other objects to improve readability, defaults to True

Returns:

Self