Merge pull request #2478 from jsobeck/main

Modifying astroquery/sdss package init file to use most current SDSS DR (as well as associated documentation)

Author: bsipocz

CHANGES.rst

@@ -133,6 +133,10 @@ sdss
 - ``query_region()`` now does a cone search around the specified
   coordinates. [#2477]
 
+- The default data release has been changed to DR17. [#2478]
+
+
+
 Infrastructure, Utility and Other Changes and Additions
 -------------------------------------------------------
 

astroquery/sdss/__init__.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class Conf(_config.ConfigNamespace):
     timeout = _config.ConfigItem(
         60,
         'Time limit for connecting to SDSS server.')
-    default_release = _config.ConfigItem(14, 'Default SDSS data release.')
+    default_release = _config.ConfigItem(17, 'Default SDSS data release.')
 
 
 conf = Conf()

astroquery/sdss/core.py

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 __all__ = ['SDSS', 'SDSSClass']
 __doctest_skip__ = ['SDSSClass.*']
 
-
+# Imaging pixelscale 0.396 arcsec
 sdss_arcsec_per_pixel = 0.396 * u.arcsec / u.pixel
 
 

astroquery/sdss/tests/test_sdss_remote.py

@@ -202,4 +202,4 @@ def test_large_crossid(self, large_results):
         # Regression test for #589
 
         results = sdss.SDSS.query_crossid(large_results)
-        assert len(results) == 894
+        assert len(results) == 845

docs/sdss/sdss.rst

@@ -4,6 +4,16 @@
 SDSS Queries (`astroquery.sdss`)
 ********************************
 
+Default Data Release
+====================
+
+The default data release is set to Data Release 17 (DR17), which is
+the final data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV.  DR17
+contains new optical and infrared spectra from both Apache Point
+Observatory and Las Campanas Observatory. Previously released
+integral-field datacubes and maps, stellar library spectra, as well as
+images, are also included in DR17.  Users may select alternate DR's.
+
 Getting started
 ===============