Image Cutouts¶
TESSCut¶
TESSCut is MAST’s tool to provide full-frame image (FFI) cutouts from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). The cutouts can be made from either the Science Processing Operation’s Center (SPOC) FFI products, or the TESS Image CAlibrator (TICA) high-level science products. Cutouts from the TICA products are not available for sectors 1-26, but are available for sector 27 onwards. These products are available up to 3 weeks sooner than their SPOC counterparts for the latest sector, so it is recommended to request TICA cutouts for users working with time-sensitive observations. The cutouts from either SPOC or TICA products are returned in the form of target pixel files that follow the same format as TESS pipeline target pixel files. This tool can be accessed in Astroquery by using the Tesscut class.
Note: TESScut limits each user to no more than 10 simultaneous calls to the service.
After the user has reached this limit TESScut will return a
503 Service Temporarily Unavailable Error
.
Note: The moving targets functionality does not currently support making cutouts from TICA products, so the product argument will always default to SPOC.
If you use TESSCut for your work, please cite Brasseur et al. 2019 https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019ascl.soft05007B/abstract
Cutouts¶
The get_cutouts
function takes a product type
(“TICA” or “SPOC”, but defaults to “SPOC”), coordinate, object name (e.g. “M104” or “TIC 32449963”),
or moving target (e.g. “Eleonora”) and cutout size (in pixels or an angular quantity, default is 5 pixels)
and returns the cutout target pixel file(s) as a list of HDUList
objects.
If the given coordinate/object location appears in more than one TESS sector a target pixel file will be produced for each sector. If the cutout area overlaps more than one camera or ccd a target pixel file will be produced for each one.
Requesting a cutout by coordinate or objectname accesses the MAST TESScut API and returns a target pixel file, with format described here. Note that the product argument will default to request for SPOC cutouts when not explicitly called for TICA.
>>> from astroquery.mast import Tesscut
>>> from astropy.coordinates import SkyCoord
...
>>> cutout_coord = SkyCoord(107.18696, -70.50919, unit="deg")
>>> hdulist = Tesscut.get_cutouts(coordinates=cutout_coord)
>>> hdulist[0].info()
Filename: <class '_io.BytesIO'>
No. Name Ver Type Cards Dimensions Format
0 PRIMARY 1 PrimaryHDU 56 ()
1 PIXELS 1 BinTableHDU 280 1196R x 12C [D, E, J, 25J, 25E, 25E, 25E, 25E, J, E, E, 38A]
2 APERTURE 1 ImageHDU 81 (5, 5) int32
For users with time-sensitive targets who would like cutouts from the latest observations, we recommend requesting for the TICA product. Using the same target from the example above, this example shows a request for TICA cutouts:
>>> from astroquery.mast import Tesscut
>>> from astropy.coordinates import SkyCoord
...
>>> cutout_coord = SkyCoord(107.18696, -70.50919, unit="deg")
>>> hdulist = Tesscut.get_cutouts(coordinates=cutout_coord, product='tica')
>>> hdulist[0][0].header['FFI_TYPE']
'TICA'
The following example will request SPOC cutouts using the objectname argument, rather than a set of coordinates.
>>> from astroquery.mast import Tesscut
...
>>> hdulist = Tesscut.get_cutouts(objectname="TIC 32449963")
>>> hdulist[0].info()
Filename: <class '_io.BytesIO'>
No. Name Ver Type Cards Dimensions Format
0 PRIMARY 1 PrimaryHDU 56 ()
1 PIXELS 1 BinTableHDU 280 3477R x 12C [D, E, J, 25J, 25E, 25E, 25E, 25E, J, E, E, 38A]
2 APERTURE 1 ImageHDU 81 (5, 5) int32
Requesting a cutout by moving_target accesses the
MAST Moving Target TESScut API
and returns a target pixel file, with format described
here.
The moving_target is an optional bool argument where True
signifies that the accompanying objectname
input is the object name or ID understood by the
JPL Horizon ephemerades interface.
The default value for moving_target is set to False. Therefore, a non-moving target can be input
simply with either the objectname or coordinates.
>>> from astroquery.mast import Tesscut
...
>>> hdulist = Tesscut.get_cutouts(objectname="Eleonora", moving_target=True, size=5, sector=6)
>>> hdulist[0].info()
Filename: <class '_io.BytesIO'>
No. Name Ver Type Cards Dimensions Format
0 PRIMARY 1 PrimaryHDU 54 ()
1 PIXELS 1 BinTableHDU 150 355R x 16C [D, E, J, 25J, 25E, 25E, 25E, 25E, J, E, E, 38A, D, D, D, D]
2 APERTURE 1 ImageHDU 97 (2136, 2078) int32
Note that the moving targets functionality does not currently support TICA, so the product parameter will result in an error when set to ‘TICA’.
>>> from astroquery.mast import Tesscut
...
>>> hdulist = Tesscut.get_cutouts(objectname="Eleonora", product='tica', moving_target=True, size=5, sector=6)
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
astroquery.exceptions.InvalidQueryError: Only SPOC is available for moving targets queries.
The download_cutouts
function takes a product type (“TICA” or “SPOC”, but defaults to “SPOC”),
coordinate, cutout size (in pixels or an angular quantity), or object name (e.g. “M104” or “TIC 32449963”) and moving target
(True or False). It uses these parameters to download the cutout target pixel file(s).
If a given coordinate/object/moving target appears in more than one TESS sector, a target pixel file will be produced for each sector. If the cutout area overlaps more than one camera or ccd, a target pixel file will be produced for each one.
>>> from astroquery.mast import Tesscut
>>> from astropy.coordinates import SkyCoord
>>> import astropy.units as u
...
>>> cutout_coord = SkyCoord(107.18696, -70.50919, unit="deg")
>>> manifest = Tesscut.download_cutouts(coordinates=cutout_coord, size=[5, 7]*u.arcmin, sector=9)
Downloading URL https://mast.stsci.edu/tesscut/api/v0.1/astrocut?ra=107.18696&dec=-70.50919&y=0.08333333333333333&x=0.11666666666666667&units=d§or=9 to ./tesscut_20210716150026.zip ... [Done]
>>> print(manifest)
Local Path
----------------------------------------------------------
./tess-s0009-4-1_107.186960_-70.509190_21x15_astrocut.fits
The query from the example above defaults to downloading cutouts from SPOC. The following example is a query for the same target from above, but with the product argument passed as TICA to explicitly request for TICA cutouts, and because the TICA products are not available for sectors 1-26, we request cutouts from sector 27 rather than sector 9.
>>> from astroquery.mast import Tesscut
>>> from astropy.coordinates import SkyCoord
>>> import astropy.units as u
...
>>> cutout_coord = SkyCoord(107.18696, -70.50919, unit="deg")
>>> manifest = Tesscut.download_cutouts(coordinates=cutout_coord, product='tica', size=[5, 7]*u.arcmin, sector=27)
Downloading URL https://mast.stsci.edu/tesscut/api/v0.1/astrocut?ra=107.18696&dec=-70.50919&y=0.08333333333333333&x=0.11666666666666667&units=d&product=TICA§or=27 to ./tesscut_20230214150644.zip ... [Done]
>>> print(manifest)
Local Path
----------------------------------------------------------
./tica-s0027-4-2_107.186960_-70.509190_21x14_astrocut.fits
Sector information¶
To access sector information for a particular coordinate, object, or moving target there is
get_sectors
.
>>> from astroquery.mast import Tesscut
>>> from astropy.coordinates import SkyCoord
...
>>> coord = SkyCoord(135.1408, -5.1915, unit="deg")
>>> sector_table = Tesscut.get_sectors(coordinates=coord)
>>> print(sector_table)
sectorName sector camera ccd
-------------- ------ ------ ---
tess-s0008-1-1 8 1 1
tess-s0034-1-2 34 1 2
Note that because of the delivery cadence of the TICA high level science products, later sectors will be available sooner with TICA than with SPOC. Also note that TICA is not available for sectors 1-26. The following example is the same query as above, but for TICA. Notice that products for sector 8 are no longer available, but are now available for sector 61.
>>> from astroquery.mast import Tesscut
>>> from astropy.coordinates import SkyCoord
...
>>> coord = SkyCoord(135.1408, -5.1915, unit="deg")
>>> sector_table = Tesscut.get_sectors(coordinates=coord, product='tica')
>>> print(sector_table)
sectorName sector camera ccd
-------------- ------ ------ ---
tica-s0034-1-2 34 1 2
tica-s0061-1-2 61 1 2
The following example will request SPOC cutouts using the objectname argument, rather than a set of coordinates.
>>> from astroquery.mast import Tesscut
...
>>> sector_table = Tesscut.get_sectors(objectname="TIC 32449963")
>>> print(sector_table)
sectorName sector camera ccd
-------------- ------ ------ ---
tess-s0010-1-4 10 1 4
The following example requests SPOC cutouts for a moving target.
>>> from astroquery.mast import Tesscut
...
>>> sector_table = Tesscut.get_sectors(objectname="Ceres", moving_target=True)
>>> print(sector_table)
sectorName sector camera ccd
-------------- ------ ------ ---
tess-s0029-1-4 29 1 4
tess-s0043-3-3 43 3 3
tess-s0044-2-4 44 2 4
Note that the moving targets functionality is not currently available for TICA, so the query will always default to SPOC.
>>> from astroquery.mast import Tesscut
...
>>> sector_table = Tesscut.get_sectors(objectname="Ceres", moving_target=True)
>>> print(sector_table)
sectorName sector camera ccd
-------------- ------ ------ ---
tess-s0029-1-4 29 1 4
tess-s0043-3-3 43 3 3
tess-s0044-2-4 44 2 4
Zcut¶
Zcut for MAST allows users to request cutouts from various Hubble deep field surveys. The cutouts can be returned as either fits or image files (jpg and png are supported). This tool can be accessed in Astroquery by using the Zcut class. The list of supported deep field surveys can be found here: https://mast.stsci.edu/zcut/
Cutouts¶
The get_cutouts
function takes a coordinate and cutout size (in pixels or
an angular quantity) and returns the cutout FITS file(s) as a list of ~astropy.io.fits.HDUList objects.
If the given coordinate appears in more than one Zcut survey, a FITS file will be produced for each survey.
>>> from astroquery.mast import Zcut
>>> from astropy.coordinates import SkyCoord
...
>>> cutout_coord = SkyCoord(189.49206, 62.20615, unit="deg")
>>> hdulist = Zcut.get_cutouts(coordinates=cutout_coord, size=5)
>>> hdulist[0].info()
Filename: <class '_io.BytesIO'>
No. Name Ver Type Cards Dimensions Format
0 PRIMARY 1 PrimaryHDU 11 ()
1 CUTOUT 1 ImageHDU 177 (5, 5) float32
2 CUTOUT 1 ImageHDU 177 (5, 5) float32
3 CUTOUT 1 ImageHDU 177 (5, 5) float32
The download_cutouts
function takes a coordinate and cutout size (in pixels or
an angular quantity) and downloads the cutout fits file(s) as either fits files or image (png/jpg)
files.
If a given coordinate appears in more than one Zcut survey, a cutout will be produced for each survey.
>>> from astroquery.mast import Zcut
>>> from astropy.coordinates import SkyCoord
...
>>> cutout_coord = SkyCoord(189.49206, 62.20615, unit="deg")
>>> manifest = Zcut.download_cutouts(coordinates=cutout_coord, size=[200, 300], units="px")
Downloading URL https://mast.stsci.edu/zcut/api/v0.1/astrocut?ra=189.49206&dec=62.20615&y=200&x=300&units=px&format=fits to ./zcut_20210125155545.zip ... [Done]
Inflating...
...
>>> print(manifest)
Local Path
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
./candels_gn_30mas_189.492060_62.206150_300.0pix-x-200.0pix_astrocut.fits
>>> from astroquery.mast import Zcut
>>> from astropy.coordinates import SkyCoord
...
>>> cutout_coord = SkyCoord(189.49206, 62.20615, unit="deg")
>>> manifest = Zcut.download_cutouts(coordinates=cutout_coord, size=[200, 300], units="px", form="jpg")
Downloading URL https://mast.stsci.edu/zcut/api/v0.1/astrocut?ra=189.49206&dec=62.20615&y=200&x=300&units=px&format=jpg to ./zcut_20201202132453.zip ... [Done]
...
>>> print(manifest)
Local Path
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
./hlsp_candels_hst_acs_gn-tot-30mas_f606w_v1.0_drz_189.492060_62.206150_300.0pix-x-200.0pix_astrocut.jpg
./hlsp_candels_hst_acs_gn-tot-30mas_f814w_v1.0_drz_189.492060_62.206150_300.0pix-x-200.0pix_astrocut.jpg
./hlsp_candels_hst_acs_gn-tot-30mas_f850lp_v1.0_drz_189.492060_62.206150_300.0pix-x-200.0pix_astrocut.jpg
Survey information¶
To list the available deep field surveys at a particular location there is get_surveys
.
>>> from astroquery.mast import Zcut
>>> from astropy.coordinates import SkyCoord
...
>>> coord = SkyCoord(189.49206, 62.20615, unit="deg")
>>> survey_list = Zcut.get_surveys(coordinates=coord)
>>> print(survey_list)
['candels_gn_60mas', 'candels_gn_30mas', 'goods_north']
HAPCut¶
HAPCut for MAST allows users to request cutouts from various Hubble Advance Products (HAPs). The cutouts can be returned as fits files (image files are not currently supported). This tool can be accessed in Astroquery by using the Hapcut class. Documentation for the supported HAPCut API can be found here: https://mast.stsci.edu/hapcut/
Cutouts¶
The get_cutouts
function takes a coordinate and cutout size (in pixels or
an angular quantity) and returns the cutout FITS file(s) as a list of HDUList
objects.
If the given coordinate appears in more than one product, a FITS file will be produced for each.
>>> from astroquery.mast import Hapcut
>>> from astropy.coordinates import SkyCoord
...
>>> cutout_coord = SkyCoord(351.347812, 28.497808, unit="deg")
>>> hdulist = Hapcut.get_cutouts(coordinates=cutout_coord, size=5)
>>> hdulist[0].info()
Filename: <class '_io.BytesIO'>
No. Name Ver Type Cards Dimensions Format
0 PRIMARY 1 PrimaryHDU 754 ()
1 SCI 1 ImageHDU 102 (5, 5) float32
2 WHT 1 ImageHDU 56 (5, 5) float32
The download_cutouts
function takes a coordinate and cutout size (in pixels or
an angular quantity) and downloads the cutout fits file(s) as fits files.
If the given coordinate appears in more than one product, a cutout will be produced for each.
>>> from astroquery.mast import Hapcut
>>> from astropy.coordinates import SkyCoord
...
>>> cutout_coord = SkyCoord(351.347812, 28.497808, unit="deg")
>>> manifest = Hapcut.download_cutouts(coordinates=cutout_coord, size=[50, 100])
Downloading URL https://mast.stsci.edu/hapcut/api/v0.1/astrocut?ra=351.347812&dec=28.497808&x=100&y=50&units=px to ./hapcut_20221130112710.zip ... [Done]
Inflating...
...
>>> print(manifest)
Local Path
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
./hst_cutout_skycell-p2007x09y05-ra351d3478-decn28d4978_wfc3_ir_f160w_coarse.fits
./hst_cutout_skycell-p2007x09y05-ra351d3478-decn28d4978_wfc3_uvis_f606w.fits
./hst_cutout_skycell-p2007x09y05-ra351d3478-decn28d4978_wfc3_uvis_f814w.fits