astropy / astropy/astroquery

Ability to pull meta tables from VizieR queries?

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feature request Upstream vizier
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Description

I'm trying to pull the "mag" tables from the following catalog: http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-3?-source=J/A%2bA/415/863/table1&-out.max=50&-out.form=HTML%20Table&-oc.form=sexa

However, it appears that the "mag" tables are actually just auto-generated by VizieR based upon some text files that were included with the data release. Is there any way to use astroquery to access these text files in tabular form, or am I stuck downloading those files and parsing them myself?

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the VizieR URL in the issue and reviewing astroquery's existing VizieR query entry points. Determine whether the generated “mag” tables can be retrieved as tabular data rather than raw text; done should mean the supported behavior is implemented and covered by a reproducible test, or the limitation is documented.

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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
28/100

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