astropy / astropy/astroquery

Add module for Pan-STARRS dust mapping service

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Description

See http://argonaut.skymaps.info/ for the service. http://argonaut.skymaps.info/usage#API gives a lot of the necessary query code, but it doesn't show use with astropy or anything (and requires doing things like constructing the API calls yourself).

One possible concern - it's not clear how "stable" this site will be because I think it's just a few authors hosting it rather than an "organization".

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start with the Pan-STARRS dust-mapping service at http://argonaut.skymaps.info/ and its API usage page at http://argonaut.skymaps.info/usage#API. Determine whether the service is stable enough to support before designing the module and its astropy integration. Done means astroquery provides a working, documented way to query this service without manually constructing API calls.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
api, data
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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