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Spitzer / WISE data query #45
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IRSA has a different interface to the Spitzer and WISE data than other surveys that have VO support (which in principal should make this easier to implement)
http://sha.ipac.caltech.edu/applications/Spitzer/SHA/help/doc/api.html
http://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/ibe/
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keflavich commentedon Jun 8, 2013
@autocorr - Does this work for Spitzer data? Could you provide a brief example? If it works for Spitzer / WISE data specifically, I'll close this issue.
autocorr commentedon Jun 9, 2013
@keflavich This only works with the SHA at the moment, but a similar scheme could be applied to the WISE queries. There are more options and query types for the WISE archive, but I was planning on making a second module for the WISE. The nice IPAC Simple Image Access Protocal basically means you just need to put the right keys into a HTTP get query and fiddle with the downloaded file object.
astrofrog commentedon Feb 6, 2014
A WISE module would be great! @autocorr - you mention working on a WISE module, do you have anything that could be included at the moment?
keflavich commentedon Feb 6, 2014
The incomplete API is linked from the FAQ and described here:
http://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/ibe/docs/wise/allsky/4band_p1bm_frm/
http://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/ibe/docs/wise/allsky/4band_p3am_cdd/
Basically, you need to start with a metadata query followed by downloading the data using URLs constructed from the metadata. This is actually quite similar to the eso module.
keflavich commentedon Feb 6, 2014
This query shows the available metadata.
We need to implement
spatialqueries, which use a central position given byPOS=ra,decandSIZE=width[,height](size is optional; if not given it just yields overlap)....this would be a great opportunity to test writing a new module using the template module!
Merge pull request astropy#45 from mdboom/setup/package_data-dont-ove…
keflavich commentedon Sep 7, 2024
SHA was implemented (at least as a first pass) in #102, and IRSA supports WISE retrieval. Closing.
bsipocz commentedon Sep 7, 2024
@keflavich - Please open an issue either here, or just ping me with actual useful examples for the docs. We already have Spitzer access examples, but can add any datasets that would make sense (including wise, sofia, euclid, whatever else).
(btw, we also have this: https://caltech-ipac.github.io/irsa-tutorials/, at some point I'll collect all these notebook resources and cross reference them)