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search¶

pyvo.dal.scs.search(url, pos, radius=1.0, verbosity=2)[source]¶

submit a simple Cone Search query that requests objects or observations whose positions fall within some distance from a search position.

Parameters:

url : str

the base URL of the query service.

pos : 2-element tuple of floats

a 2-element tuple containing the ICRS right ascension and declination defining the position of the center of the circular search region, in decimal degrees

radius : float

the radius of the circular search region, in decimal degrees

verbosity : int

an integer value that indicates the volume of columns to return in the result table. 0 means the minimum set of columsn, and 3 means as many columns as are available.

Returns:

SCSResults

a container holding a table of matching catalog records

Raises:

DALServiceError

for errors connecting to or communicating with the service

DALQueryError

if the service responds with an error, including a query syntax error.

See also

SCSResults, pyvo.dal.query.DALServiceError, pyvo.dal.query.DALQueryError

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