| SkyServer.rectangularSearch {SciServer} | R Documentation |
Runs a query in the SDSS database that searches for all objects within a certain rectangular box defined on the the sky, and retrieves the result table as a dataframe. Maximum number of rows retrieved is set currently to 500,000.
SkyServer.rectangularSearch(min_ra, max_ra, min_dec, max_dec, coordType="equatorial", whichPhotometry="optical", limit="0", dataRelease=NULL)
min_ra |
Minimum value of Right Ascension coordinate that defines the box boundaries on the sky. |
max_ra |
Maximum value of Right Ascension coordinate that defines the box boundaries on the sky. |
min_dec |
Minimum value of Declination coordinate that defines the box boundaries on the sky. |
max_dec |
Maximum value of Declination coordinate that defines the box boundaries on the sky. |
coordType |
Type of celestial coordinate system. Can be set to "equatorial" or "galactic". |
whichPhotometry |
Type of retrieved data. Can be set to "optical" or "infrared". |
limit |
Maximum number of rows in the result table (string). If set to "0", then the function will return all rows. |
dataRelease |
SDSS data release. E.g, 'DR13' |
Returns the results table as a dataframe. Throws an exception if the HTTP request to the SkyServer API returns an error.
Manuchehr Taghizadeh-Popp <mtaghiza@jhu.edu>
http://www.sciserver.org
http://skyserver.sdss.org
http://www.github.com/sciserver/SciScript-R
SkyServer.sqlSearch, SkyServer.radialSearch.
table = SkyServer.rectangularSearch(min_ra=258.2, max_ra=258.3, min_dec=64,max_dec=64.1)