astropy / astropy/astroquery

deprecate alfalafa in favour of ned

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alfalfa cleanup ipac.ned
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Description

The `alfaalfa` url (http://arecibo.tc.cornell.edu/hiarchive/alfalfa/spectraFITS) point to ned, so I wonder why we keep it as a separate service (other than for historical reasons).

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Research direction

Start by locating the astroquery entry points for the AlfaAlfa service and the Ned service, then compare how each uses the listed AlfaAlfa URL. Confirm the intended deprecation path and identify any service references that would need to change; done means AlfaAlfa is deprecated in favor of Ned without breaking the supported query interface.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
api
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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