Welcome to the specdb documentation!

specdb is a software package for generating and interfacing with databases of spectra from astronomical sources.

Getting Started

• Installing specdb
  • Installing Dependencies
  • Installing specdb
  • Downloading the public Data Bases

Using specdb with a Database

• specdb Scripts
  • Notebooks
  • Download a Database
  • specdb_plot
  • specdb_cat
  • specdb_meta
  • sdss_spec
• Usage with Python
  • Overview
  • SpecDB Class

Accessing Data

• Source Catalog
  • Description
  • Querying the Source Catalog
  • I/O
• Query dict
  • Basics
  • Bitwise Flags
• Groups
  • Description
  • InterfaceGroup
  • Querying a Single Meta Table
  • Retrieving Spectra from a Group
• Meta Data
  • Description
  • Accessing the Meta Data
  • Querying the Meta Data
• Spectra
  • Description
  • Retrieving Spectra
• SDSS in SpecDB
  • get_sdss
  • specdb_sdss

specdb Databases

• igmspec
  • Versions
  • Downloading
  • Setup
  • More
• uvqs
  • Versions
  • Downloading
• qpq
  • Versions
  • Catalog
  • Downloading
  • CAT_META
• CASBaH
  • Versions
  • Downloading
  • Example

IVOA

• IVOA SSA Interface
  • Notebooks
  • Meta Data
  • SSA Interface

Generating a Database

• Private Database
  • Notebooks
  • Setup
  • Quick go
  • Step by Step in Python

Indices and tables

• Index
• Module Index
• Search Page