| SkyServer.objectSearch {SciServer} | R Documentation |
Searches for an object in the SDSS catalog and gets its properties and associated metadata. Search parameters include position in the sky and various identifiers included in SDSS catalog tables.
SkyServer.objectSearch(objId=NULL, specObjId=NULL, apogee_id=NULL, apstar_id=NULL, ra=NULL, dec=NULL, plate=NULL, mjd=NULL, fiber=NULL, run=NULL, rerun=NULL, camcol=NULL, field=NULL, obj=NULL, dataRelease=NULL)
objId |
SDSS ObjId. |
specObjId |
SDSS SpecObjId. |
apogee_id |
ID identifying Apogee target object. |
apstar_id |
unique ID for combined apogee star spectrum. |
ra |
Right Ascension of the object. |
dec |
Declination of the object. |
plate |
SDSS plate number. |
mjd |
Modified Julian Date of observation. |
fiber |
SDSS fiber number. |
run |
SDSS run number. |
rerun |
SDSS rerun number. |
camcol |
SDSS camera column. |
field |
SDSS field number. |
obj |
The object id within a field. |
dataRelease |
SDSS data release. E.g, 'DR13' |
Returns an object containing various tables with the objects properties and associated metadata. 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.rectangularSearch, SkyServer.radialSearch.
object = SkyServer.objectSearch(ra=258.25, dec=64.05)