Source code for astroquery.simbad
# Licensed under a 3-clause BSD style license - see LICENSE.rst
"""
SIMBAD Query Tool
=================
The SIMBAD query tool creates `TAP ADQL queries
<https://cds.unistra.fr/help/documentation/simbad-more/adql-simbad/>`__ that return VOtable XML
data. This is then parsed into a `~astropy.table.Table` object.
"""
from astropy import config as _config
[docs]
class Conf(_config.ConfigNamespace):
"""
Configuration parameters for `astroquery.simbad`.
"""
# the first item is the default configuration
servers_list = ['simbad.cds.unistra.fr', 'simbad.harvard.edu']
server = _config.ConfigItem(
servers_list,
'Name of the SIMBAD mirror to use.')
timeout = _config.ConfigItem(
60,
'Time limit for connecting to Simbad server.')
row_limit = _config.ConfigItem(
# defaults to the maximum limit
-1,
'Maximum number of rows that will be fetched from the result.')
# should be columns of 'basic'
default_columns = ["main_id", "ra", "dec", "coo_err_maj", "coo_err_min",
"coo_err_angle", "coo_wavelength", "coo_bibcode"]
conf = Conf()
from .core import Simbad, SimbadClass
__all__ = ['Simbad', 'SimbadClass', 'Conf', 'conf']