astropy / astropy/astroquery

Upgrade SDSS narrative documentation e.g. with photometry queries

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Description

Feedback at NAM2017 is that there are no examples how to access only photometry data of SDSS. Apparently the narrative documentation could use a little bit of upgrade...

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Research direction

Locate the narrative documentation and existing SDSS query examples, then read how current examples access SDSS data. Add a clear example showing how to access only photometry data; done means the narrative documentation explains and demonstrates that workflow.

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Assessment

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

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