conesearch - Tool

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tool for VO conesearch queries

Description
conesearch is an tool that processes queries to VO conesearch services.

A conesearch tool connects to the registry of conesearch services and downloads the definition of services available. The user may then query one of these services and capture the output.

> cs:=conesearch()
Getting registry of VO cone services
Web request will be sent to http://voservices.org/cone/show/getprofile.asp?format=xml
Received answer in 1.07959199 seconds
Start parsing VOTable
Successfully parsed VOTable
Successfully read registry of conesearch services
> 
> cs.list()
Service 1: Messier
Service 2: GSC221
Service 3: HIP
Service 4: GSC1
Service 5: TYC
Service 6: NCSA Astronomy Digital Image Library
Service 7: Yale
Service 8: DPOSS Plates
Service 9: ASCA Master Observations
Service 10: XTE Master Observations
Service 11: OSSE Observations
Service 12: DPOSS
Service 13: SDSS.EDR.PhotoObj
Service 14: USNO-A2.0
Service 15: USNO-SA2.0
Service 16: Landolt 1992
Service 17: Landolt 1983
Service 18: VizieR on GSC2
Service 19: VizieR 
Service 20: VizieR 
Service 21: VizieR 
Service 22: VizieR 
Service 23: VizieR 
Service 24: VizieR 
Service 25: 2MASS Second Incremental Release Point Source Catalog (PSC)
Service 26: 2MASS Second Incremental Release Extended Source Catalog (XSC)
Service 27: 2MASS Second Incremental Release PSC Joined with XSC
Service 28: 2MASS Second Incremental Release Survey Scan Info
Service 29: 2MASS Second Incremental Release PSC Joined with Scan Data
Service 30: 2MASS Second Incremental Release XSC Joined with Scan Data
Service 31: 2MASS First Incremental Release Point Source Catalog (PSC)
Service 32: 2MASS First Incremental Release PSC Joined with XSC
Service 33: 2MASS First Incremental Release Survey Scan Info
Service 34: 2MASS First Incremental Release PSC Joined with Scan Data
Service 35: 2MASS First Incremental Release XSC Joined with Scan Data
Service 36: 2MASS Sampler Point Source Catalog (PSC)
Service 37: 2MASS Sampler Extended Source Catalog (PSC)
Service 38: 2MASS Sampler PSC Joined with XSC
Service 39: IRAS Faint Source Catalog v2.0
Service 40: IRAS Point Source Catalog v2.0
Service 41: IRAS Catalog of Galaxies and Quasars
Service 42: IRAS Serendipitous Survey Catalog
Service 43: IRAS Small Scale Structure Catalog
Service 44: IRAS Additional Observations Catalog
Service 45: IRAS Additional Observations Catalog
Service 46: IRAS Faint Source Catalog Rejects
Service 47: IRAS Point Source Catalog Rejects
Service 48: IRAS PSC Joined with the WSDB
Service 49: IRAS PSC Joined with HCON and WSDB
Service 50: USNOA-2
Service 51: &lt;a href=http://www.cv.nrao.edu/nvss/&gt;NVSS&lt;/a&gt;
Service 52: &lt;a href=http://sundog.stsci.edu/first/top.html&gt;FIRST&lt;/a&gt;
Service 53: The Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX)
Service 54: ROSAT All Sky Sources
Service 55: ROSAT Bright Sources
Service 56: ROSAT Faint Sources
> cs.info(40)
ResponsibleParty: &lt;a href=mailto:jcg@ipac.caltech.edu&gt;John Good&lt;/a&gt;
BaseURL:http://irsatest.ipac.caltech.edu:8001/cgi-bin/Oasis/CatSearch/nph-catsearch?
CAT=iras:iraspsc&amp;
ServiceName: IRAS Point Source Catalog v2.0
Waveband: infrared
Instrument: &lt;a href=http://www.ipac.caltech.edu/ipac/iras/iras.html&gt;IRAS&lt;/a&gt;
MaxSR: 0
MaxRecords: 100000
Verbosity: false
Epoch: 2000
Coverage: All-sky
_name: Row
> cs.query(40, 200, 45, 1)
Web request will be sent to "http://irsatest.ipac.caltech.edu:8001/cgi-bin/Oasis/CatSearch/
nph-catsearch?CAT=iras:iraspsc&RA=200&DEC=45&SR=1"
Received answer in 4.42842793 seconds
Start parsing VOTable
Successfully parsed VOTable
05-Jan-2003/11:27:04 NORMAL [_proc=xml version="1.0",
_doctype=[root=VOTABLE, public=,
system=http://us-vo.org/xml/VOTable.dtd],
VOTABLE=[DEFINITIONS=[COOSYS=[=]], RESOURCE=[TABLE=[FIELD=[=],
FIELD_1=[=], FIELD_2=[=], FIELD_3=[=], FIELD_4=[=], FIELD_5=[=],
FIELD_6=[=], FIELD_7=[=], FIELD_8=[=], FIELD_9=[=], FIELD_10=[=],
FIELD_11=[=], FIELD_12=[=], FIELD_13=[=], FIELD_14=[=], FIELD_15=[=],
FIELD_16=[=], FIELD_17=[=], FIELD_18=[=], FIELD_19=[=], FIELD_20=[=],
FIELD_21=[=], FIELD_22=[=], FIELD_23=[=], FIELD_24=[=], FIELD_25=[=],
FIELD_26=[=], FIELD_27=[=], FIELD_28=[=], FIELD_29=[=], FIELD_30=[=],
FIELD_31=[=], FIELD_32=[=], FIELD_33=[=], FIELD_34=[=], FIELD_35=[=],
FIELD_36=[=], FIELD_37=[=], FIELD_38=[=], FIELD_39=[=], FIELD_40=[=],
FIELD_41=[=], FIELD_42=[=], FIELD_43=[=], FIELD_44=[=], FIELD_45=[=],
FIELD_46=[=], FIELD_47=[=], FIELD_48=[=], FIELD_49=[=], FIELD_50=[=],
FIELD_51=[=], FIELD_52=[=], FIELD_53=[=], FIELD_54=[=], FIELD_55=[=],
FIELD_56=[=], FIELD_57=[=], FIELD_58=[=], FIELD_59=[=], FIELD_60=[=],
FIELD_61=[=], FIELD_62=[=], FIELD_63=[=], FIELD_64=[=], FIELD_65=[=],
FIELD_66=[=], FIELD_67=[=], FIELD_68=[=], FIELD_69=[=], FIELD_70=[=],
FIELD_71=[=], FIELD_72=[=], FIELD_73=[=], FIELD_74=[=], FIELD_75=[=],
FIELD_76=[=], FIELD_77=[=], FIELD_78=[=], FIELD_79=[=], FIELD_80=[=],
FIELD_81=[=], FIELD_82=[=], DATA=[TABLEDATA=[TR=[TD=13178+4601,
TD_1=13, TD_2=17, TD_3=53.3, TD_4=+, TD_5=46, TD_6=1, TD_7=42,
TD_8=73, TD_9=38, TD_10=124, TD_11=2, TD_12=0.250, TD_13=0.684,
TD_14=0.400, TD_15=1.204, TD_16=1, TD_17=1, TD_18=1, TD_19=3, TD_20=0,
TD_21=null, TD_22=0, TD_23=0, TD_24=0, TD_25=11, TD_26=0, TD_27=0,
TD_28=0, TD_29=60, TD_30=null, TD_31=L, TD_32=null, TD_33=F,
TD_34=nul, TD_35=2, TD_36=0, TD_37=0, TD_38=0, TD_39=0, TD_40=0,
TD_41=1, TD_42=2, TD_43=0, TD_44=0, TD_45=0, TD_46=0, TD_47=0,
TD_48=2, TD_49=3, TD_50=9, TD_51=0, TD_52=0, TD_53=2, TD_54=1000,
TD_55=1000, TD_56=1000, TD_57=1000, TD_58=null, TD_59=null,
TD_60=null, TD_61=null, TD_62=0.3322, TD_63=-1.00, TD_64=107.8316,
TD_65=70.5135, TD_66=174.2548, TD_67=48.7945, TD_68=200.0157,
TD_69=45.7664, TD_70=132003.8, TD_71=+454559, TD_72=199.4721,
TD_73=46.0283, TD_74=131753.3, TD_75=+460142, TD_76=97094,
TD_77=-0.6554507488515816, TD_78=-0.2387681951535420,
TD_79=0.7165012664420217, TD_80=213031130, TD_81=213031130, TD_82=1],
TR_1=[TD=13144+4508, TD_1=13, TD_2=14, TD_3=27.9, TD_4=+, TD_5=45,
TD_6=8, TD_7=22, TD_8=43, TD_9=10, TD_10=124, TD_11=2, TD_12=0.255,
TD_13=0.492, TD_14=0.721, TD_15=1.467, TD_16=1, TD_17=3, TD_18=3,
TD_19=1, TD_20=0, TD_21=null, TD_22=0, TD_23=10, TD_24=12, TD_25=0,
TD_26=0, TD_27=90, TD_28=53, TD_29=55, TD_30=G, TD_31=A, TD_32=A,
TD_33=E, TD_34=nul, TD_35=0, TD_36=0, TD_37=0, TD_38=0, TD_39=0,
TD_40=0, TD_41=0, TD_42=0, TD_43=0, TD_44=0, TD_45=0, TD_46=0,
TD_47=0, TD_48=0, TD_49=4, TD_50=9, TD_51=0, TD_52=0, TD_53=2,
TD_54=1000, TD_55=1000, TD_56=1000, TD_57=1000, TD_58=0.5181,
TD_59=-1.00, TD_60=0.6830, TD_61=15.62, TD_62=0.4914, TD_63=-2.00,
TD_64=108.6928, TD_65=71.5482, TD_66=174.2665, TD_67=47.7227,
TD_68=199.1668, TD_69=44.8761, TD_70=131640.0, TD_71=+445234,
TD_72=198.6163, TD_73=45.1394, TD_74=131427.9, TD_75=+450822,
TD_76=96685, TD_77=-0.6693523691696847, TD_78=-0.2326578735244160,
TD_79=0.7055761615687050, TD_80=213031132, TD_81=213031132, TD_82=1],
TR_2=[TD=13172+4547, TD_1=13, TD_2=17, TD_3=17.1, TD_4=+, TD_5=45,
TD_6=47, TD_7=20, TD_8=22, TD_9=5, TD_10=125, TD_11=2, TD_12=132.200,
TD_13=64.050, TD_14=5.521, TD_15=1.433, TD_16=3, TD_17=3, TD_18=3,
TD_19=2, TD_20=2, TD_21=29, TD_22=11, TD_23=5, TD_24=10, TD_25=12,
TD_26=15995, TD_27=10134, TD_28=492, TD_29=36, TD_30=A, TD_31=A,
TD_32=A, TD_33=B, TD_34=19, TD_35=0, TD_36=0, TD_37=0, TD_38=0,
TD_39=0, TD_40=0, TD_41=0, TD_42=0, TD_43=0, TD_44=0, TD_45=0,
TD_46=0, TD_47=0, TD_48=2, TD_49=5, TD_50=10, TD_51=5, TD_52=4,
TD_53=2, TD_54=1000, TD_55=1000, TD_56=1000, TD_57=1000, TD_58=2.0640,
TD_59=12.08, TD_60=11.6012, TD_61=11.18, TD_62=3.8528, TD_63=15.62,
TD_64=107.8894, TD_65=70.7742, TD_66=174.3300, TD_67=48.5379,
TD_68=199.8664, TD_69=45.5267, TD_70=131927.9, TD_71=+453136,
TD_72=199.3212, TD_73=45.7889, TD_74=131717.1, TD_75=+454720,
TD_76=97031, TD_77=-0.6588840449144233, TD_78=-0.2380756877363054,
TD_79=0.7135767528907409, TD_80=213031133, TD_81=213031133,
TD_82=1]]]]]]]

The final output in this example is the VOTable in the form of a Glish record.

The FIELD information is available from the attributes of the corresponding records, and the DATA can be retrieved directly. However this is tedious and not for the faint-of-heart. We are currently writing a conversion tool that will translate VOTables directly into AIPS++ tables. For the moment, most of the interesting astronomical use of the conesearch will come via the cscatalog tool.

Constructors

conesearch

Construct an conesearch tool

Functions

done	Terminate the tool
info	Print information about a particular conesearch service
list	List all registered conesearches
query	Query a conesearch

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	Package	vo
	Module	conesearch