A python package and command-line tools to contextually classify astronomical transient sources. Sherlock mines a library of historical and on-going survey data to attempt to identify the source of a transient event, and predict the classification of the event based on the associated crossmatched data.
# SHERLOCK #
: INFERING TRANSIENT-SOURCE CLASSIFICATIONS FROM SPATIALLY CROSS-MATCHED CATALOGUED SOURCES :
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Documentation for sherlock can be found here: http://sherlock.readthedocs.org/en/stable
.. todo ::
- docuument cl_utils module
- tidy usage text
Usage:
sherlock init
sherlock info [-s <pathToSettingsFile>]
sherlock [-N] dbmatch [-f --update] [-s <pathToSettingsFile>]
sherlock [-vN] match -- <ra> <dec> [<pathToSettingsFile>]
sherlock clean [-s <pathToSettingsFile>]
sherlock wiki [-s <pathToSettingsFile>]
sherlock import ned <ra> <dec> <radiusArcsec> [-s <pathToSettingsFile>]
sherlock import cat <cat_name> <pathToDataFile> <cat_version> [-s <pathToSettingsFile>]
sherlock import stream <stream_name> [-s <pathToSettingsFile>]
Options:
init setup the sherlock settings file for the first time
match XXXX
dbmatch database match
clean XXXX
wiki XXXX
import XXXX
ned use the online NED database as the source catalogue
cat import a static catalogue into the crossmatch catalogues database
stream download/stream new data from a give source catalogue into the sherlock crossmatch catalogues database
info print an overview of the current catalogues, views and streams in the sherlock database ready for crossmatching
ra the right-ascension coordinate with which to perform a conesearch (sexegesimal or decimal degrees)
dec the declination coordinate with which to perform a conesearch (sexegesimal or decimal degrees)
radiusArcsec radius in arcsec of the footprint to download from the online NED database
cat_name name of the catalogue being imported. The following catalogues can be imported:
* ``veron``: Veron AGN/QSO catalogue
http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/Cat?VII/258
* ``milliquas``: Million Quasars Catalog
http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/w3browse/all/milliquas.html
* ``ned_d``: NED's Master List of Redshift-Independent Extragalactic Distances
https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/Library/Distances/
stream_name name of the stream to import into the crossmatch catalogues database. The following streams can be imported:
* ``ifs``: Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) IFS galaxy catalogue (L. Galbany)
http://www.das.uchile.cl/~lgalbany/LG/research.html
-N, --skipNedUpdate do not update the NED database before classification
-f, --fast faster but errors in crossmatch table ingest my be misses
-h, --help show this help message
-s, --settings the settings file
-v, --verbose print more details to stdout
-l, --transientlistId the id of the transient list to classify
-u, --update update the transient database with new classifications and crossmatches
Documentation for sherlock is hosted by Read the Docs (last stable version and latest version).
The easiest way to install sherlock is to use pip:
pip install qub-sherlock
Or you can clone the github repo and install from a local version of the code:
git clone git@github.com:thespacedoctor/sherlock.git
cd sherlock
python setup.py install
To upgrade to the latest version of sherlock use the command:
pip install qub-sherlock --upgrade
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If you want to tinker with the code, then install in development mode. This means you can modify the code from your cloned repo:
git clone git@github.com:thespacedoctor/sherlock.git
cd sherlock
python setup.py develop
Pull requests are welcomed!
If you use Sublime Text as your code editor, and you're planning to develop your own python code with sherlock, you might find my Sublime Snippets useful.
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Copyright (c) 2016 David Young
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