StarCatalog

class ctapipe.utils.astro.StarCatalog(value)

Bases: Enum

Enumeration of star catalogs with their respective metadata.

Each catalog entry is represented as a namedtuple CatalogInfo containing:

Attributes:

directorystr

The directory path of the catalog in the Vizier database.

coordinatesdict

A dictionary containing the coordinate frame, epoch, and column names for RA and DE.

columnslist of str

A list of columns to be retrieved from the catalog.

recordstr

A name of the catalog file in the cache.

Attributes Summary

Hipparcos	HIPPARCOS catalogue
Yale	Yale bright star catalogue

Attributes Documentation

Hipparcos = ('I/239/hip_main', {'DE': {'column': 'DEICRS', 'unit': 'deg'}, 'RA': {'column': 'RAICRS', 'unit': 'deg'}, 'epoch': 'J1991.25', 'frame': 'icrs'}, ['RAICRS', 'DEICRS', 'pmRA', 'pmDE', 'Vmag', 'BTmag', 'HIP'], 'hipparcos_star_catalog')

HIPPARCOS catalogue

Yale = ('V/50/catalog', {'DE': {'column': 'DEJ2000', 'unit': 'deg'}, 'RA': {'column': 'RAJ2000', 'unit': 'hourangle'}, 'epoch': 'J2000.0', 'frame': 'icrs'}, ['RAJ2000', 'DEJ2000', 'pmRA', 'pmDE', 'Vmag', 'HR'], 'yale_bright_star_catalog')

Yale bright star catalogue