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""" Dynamically discovered metadata for all astroquery services. Generated by discover_services.py """ ASTROQUERY_SERVICE_INFO = { 'alfalfa': { 'capabilities': ['query_region'], 'data_types': ['catalogs', 'spectra'], 'description': 'ALFALFA Spectra Archive Query Tool', 'example_queries': [ { 'description': 'Search region around coordinates', 'query': 'query_region(coord, radius=0.1*u.deg)'}], 'full_name': 'ALFALFA Archive', 'object_types': 'all', 'requires_auth': False, 'wavelength_coverage': 'Infrared'}, 'alma': { 'capabilities': [ 'query_object', 'query_region', 'query', 'query_async', 'query_object_async', 'query_region_async', 'query_sia', 'query_tap'], 'data_types': ['unknown'], 'description': 'ALMA Archive service.', 'example_queries': [ {'description': 'Use query_async method', 'query': 'query_async(...)'}, {'description': 'Query specific object', 'query': 'query_object("M31")'}, { 'description': 'Use query_object_async method', 'query': 'query_object_async(...)'}], 'full_name': 'ALMA Science Archive', 'object_types': 'all', 'requires_auth': True, 'wavelength_coverage': 'Radio'}, 'besancon': { 'capabilities': ['query', 'query_async'], 'data_types': ['unknown'], 'description': 'Besancon Query Tool', 'example_queries': [{'description': 'Use query_async method', 'query': 'query_async(...)'}], 'full_name': 'BESANCON Service', 'object_types': ['galaxies'], 'requires_auth': False, 'wavelength_coverage': 'all'}, 'cadc': { 'capabilities': [ 'query_region', 'get_images', 'get_image_list', 'query_name', 'query_name_async', 'query_region_async'], 'data_types': ['images'], 'description': 'Class for accessing CADC data. Typical usage:', 'example_queries': [ {'description': 'Use query_name method', 'query': 'query_name(...)'}, {'description': 'Use query_name_async method', 'query': 'query_name_async(...)'}, { 'description': 'Search region around coordinates', 'query': 'query_region(coord, radius=0.1*u.deg)'}], 'full_name': 'CADC Service', 'object_types': 'all', 'requires_auth': True, 'wavelength_coverage': 'all'}, 'casda': { 'capabilities': ['query_region', 'query_region_async'], 'data_types': ['unknown'], 'description': 'Class for accessing ASKAP data through the CSIRO ASKAP Science Data Archive (CASDA). ' 'Typical usage:', 'example_queries': [ { 'description': 'Search region around coordinates', 'query': 'query_region(coord, radius=0.1*u.deg)'}, { 'description': 'Use query_region_async method', 'query': 'query_region_async(...)'}], 'full_name': 'CASDA Archive', 'object_types': 'all', 'requires_auth': True, 'wavelength_coverage': 'Radio'}, 'cds': { 'capabilities': ['query_region', 'query_async', 'query_hips'], 'data_types': ['unknown'], 'description': 'Query the `CDS MOCServer <http://alasky.unistra.fr/MocServer/query>`_.', 'example_queries': [ {'description': 'Use query_async method', 'query': 'query_async(...)'}, {'description': 'Use query_hips method', 'query': 'query_hips(...)'}, { 'description': 'Search region around coordinates', 'query': 'query_region(coord, radius=0.1*u.deg)'}], 'full_name': 'CDS Service', 'object_types': 'all', 'requires_auth': False, 'wavelength_coverage': 'Infrared'}, 'eso': { 'capabilities': ['query_apex_quicklooks', 'query_instrument', 'query_main', 'query_surveys'], 'data_types': ['unknown'], 'description': 'ESO service.', 'example_queries': [ { 'description': 'Use query_apex_quicklooks method', 'query': 'query_apex_quicklooks(...)'}, {'description': 'Use query_instrument method', 'query': 'query_instrument(...)'}, {'description': 'Use query_main method', 'query': 'query_main(...)'}], 'full_name': 'European Southern Observatory Archive', 'object_types': 'all', 'requires_auth': True, 'wavelength_coverage': 'all'}, 'gaia': { 'capabilities': ['query_object', 'query_object_async'], 'data_types': ['unknown'], 'description': 'Proxy class to default TapPlus object (pointing to Gaia Archive)', 'example_queries': [ {'description': 'Query specific object', 'query': 'query_object("M31")'}, { 'description': 'Use query_object_async method', 'query': 'query_object_async(...)'}], 'full_name': 'Gaia Data Release Archive', 'object_types': 'all', 'requires_auth': True, 'wavelength_coverage': 'Optical'}, 'gemini': { 'capabilities': ['query_object', 'query_region', 'query_criteria', 'query_raw'], 'data_types': ['unknown'], 'description': 'No description available', 'example_queries': [ {'description': 'Use query_criteria method', 'query': 'query_criteria(...)'}, {'description': 'Query specific object', 'query': 'query_object("M31")'}, {'description': 'Use query_raw method', 'query': 'query_raw(...)'}], 'full_name': 'GEMINI Service', 'object_types': 'all', 'requires_auth': True, 'wavelength_coverage': 'all'}, 'heasarc': { 'capabilities': [ 'query_object', 'query_region', 'query_mission_cols', 'query_mission_list', 'query_tap'], 'data_types': ['catalogs'], 'description': 'Class for accessing HEASARC data with VO protocol using the Xamin backend.', 'example_queries': [ { 'description': 'Use query_mission_cols method', 'query': 'query_mission_cols(...)'}, { 'description': 'Use query_mission_list method', 'query': 'query_mission_list(...)'}, {'description': 'Query specific object', 'query': 'query_object("M31")'}], 'full_name': 'High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive', 'object_types': 'all', 'requires_auth': False, 'wavelength_coverage': 'X-ray, Gamma-ray'}, 'hitran': { 'capabilities': ['query_lines', 'query_lines_async'], 'data_types': ['catalogs'], 'description': 'HITRAN Catalog Query Tool', 'example_queries': [ {'description': 'Use query_lines method', 'query': 'query_lines(...)'}, { 'description': 'Use query_lines_async method', 'query': 'query_lines_async(...)'}], 'full_name': 'HITRAN Service', 'object_types': 'all', 'requires_auth': False, 'wavelength_coverage': 'all'}, 'ibe': { 'capabilities': ['query_region', 'query_region_async', 'query_region_sia'], 'data_types': ['images'], 'description': 'This is the old namespace for querying the NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive Image ' 'Server (IBE).', 'example_queries': [ { 'description': 'Search region around coordinates', 'query': 'query_region(coord, radius=0.1*u.deg)'}, { 'description': 'Use query_region_async method', 'query': 'query_region_async(...)'}, {'description': 'Use query_region_sia method', 'query': 'query_region_sia(...)'}], 'full_name': 'IBE Archive', 'object_types': 'all', 'requires_auth': False, 'wavelength_coverage': 'Infrared'}, 'irsa': { 'capabilities': ['query_region', 'query_sia', 'query_ssa', 'query_tap'], 'data_types': ['catalogs'], 'description': 'This is the old namespace for querying the NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive (IRSA).', 'example_queries': [ { 'description': 'Search region around coordinates', 'query': 'query_region(coord, radius=0.1*u.deg)'}, {'description': 'Use query_sia method', 'query': 'query_sia(...)'}, {'description': 'Use query_ssa method', 'query': 'query_ssa(...)'}], 'full_name': 'NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive', 'object_types': 'all', 'requires_auth': False, 'wavelength_coverage': 'Infrared'}, 'magpis': { 'capabilities': ['get_images'], 'data_types': ['images', 'catalogs'], 'description': 'MAGPIS Image and Catalog Query Tool', 'example_queries': [], 'full_name': 'MAGPIS Service', 'object_types': 'all', 'requires_auth': False, 'wavelength_coverage': 'all'}, 'mast': { 'capabilities': [], 'data_types': ['unknown'], 'description': 'MAST query class.', 'example_queries': [], 'full_name': 'Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes', 'object_types': 'all', 'requires_auth': True, 'wavelength_coverage': 'Infrared'}, 'mocserver': { 'capabilities': ['query_region', 'query_async', 'query_hips'], 'data_types': ['unknown'], 'description': 'Query the `CDS MOCServer <http://alasky.unistra.fr/MocServer/query>`_.', 'example_queries': [ {'description': 'Use query_async method', 'query': 'query_async(...)'}, {'description': 'Use query_hips method', 'query': 'query_hips(...)'}, { 'description': 'Search region around coordinates', 'query': 'query_region(coord, radius=0.1*u.deg)'}], 'full_name': 'MOCSERVER Service', 'object_types': 'all', 'requires_auth': False, 'wavelength_coverage': 'Infrared'}, 'nasa_exoplanet_archive': { 'capabilities': [ 'query_object', 'query_region', 'query_criteria', 'query_aliases', 'query_criteria_async', 'query_object_async', 'query_region_async'], 'data_types': ['unknown'], 'description': 'The interface for querying the NASA Exoplanet Archive TAP and API ' 'services', 'example_queries': [ { 'description': 'Use query_aliases method', 'query': 'query_aliases(...)'}, { 'description': 'Use query_criteria method', 'query': 'query_criteria(...)'}, { 'description': 'Use query_criteria_async method', 'query': 'query_criteria_async(...)'}], 'full_name': 'NASA_EXOPLANET_ARCHIVE Archive', 'object_types': ['exoplanets'], 'requires_auth': False, 'wavelength_coverage': 'all'}, 'ned': { 'capabilities': [ 'query_object', 'query_region', 'get_images', 'get_image_list', 'query_object_async', 'query_refcode', 'query_refcode_async', 'query_region_async', 'query_region_iau', 'query_region_iau_async'], 'data_types': ['images', 'spectra'], 'description': 'Class for querying the NED (NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database) system', 'example_queries': [ { 'description': "Query a circular region. IMPORTANT: This service requires a 'coordinates' parameter created via `astropy.coordinates.SkyCoord` and a 'radius' created via `astropy.units`. The LLM must construct these objects.", 'query': "from astropy.coordinates import SkyCoord; from astropy import units as u; astroquery_query(service_name='ned', query_type='query_region', coordinates=SkyCoord(ra=320.1, dec=2.8, unit=(u.deg, u.deg)), radius=0.01*u.deg)"}, {'description': "Query specific object by name. The 'get_images' function also uses this method.", 'query': 'astroquery_query(service_name="ned", query_type="query_object", object_name="M31")'}, {'description': 'Use query_refcode method', 'query': 'query_refcode(...)'}], 'full_name': 'NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database', 'object_types': 'all', 'requires_auth': False, 'wavelength_coverage': 'all'}, 'nist': { 'capabilities': ['query', 'query_async'], 'data_types': ['spectra'], 'description': 'Fetches line spectra from the NIST Atomic Spectra Database.', 'example_queries': [{'description': 'Use query_async method', 'query': 'query_async(...)'}], 'full_name': 'NIST Database', 'object_types': 'all', 'requires_auth': False, 'wavelength_coverage': 'all'}, 'nvas': { 'capabilities': ['get_images', 'get_image_list'], 'data_types': ['images'], 'description': '.. topic:: Revision History', 'example_queries': [], 'full_name': 'NVAS Service', 'object_types': 'all', 'requires_auth': False, 'wavelength_coverage': 'all'}, 'oac': { 'capabilities': ['query_object', 'query_region', 'query_object_async', 'query_region_async'], 'data_types': ['catalogs', 'spectra', 'photometry'], 'description': 'OAC class.', 'example_queries': [ {'description': 'Query specific object', 'query': 'query_object("M31")'}, { 'description': 'Use query_object_async method', 'query': 'query_object_async(...)'}, { 'description': 'Search region around coordinates', 'query': 'query_region(coord, radius=0.1*u.deg)'}], 'full_name': 'OAC Service', 'object_types': 'all', 'requires_auth': False, 'wavelength_coverage': 'all'}, 'ogle': { 'capabilities': ['query_region', 'query_region_async'], 'data_types': ['unknown'], 'description': 'OGLE Query Tool', 'example_queries': [ { 'description': 'Search region around coordinates', 'query': 'query_region(coord, radius=0.1*u.deg)'}, { 'description': 'Use query_region_async method', 'query': 'query_region_async(...)'}], 'full_name': 'OGLE Service', 'object_types': 'all', 'requires_auth': False, 'wavelength_coverage': 'all'}, 'sdss': { 'capabilities': [ 'query_region', 'get_images', 'query_crossid', 'query_crossid_async', 'query_photoobj', 'query_photoobj_async', 'query_region_async', 'query_specobj', 'query_specobj_async', 'query_sql', 'query_sql_async'], 'data_types': ['images', 'spectra'], 'description': 'SDSS Spectra/Image/SpectralTemplate Archive Query Tool', 'example_queries': [ { 'description': "Get an image cutout. The 'coordinates' parameter must be a dictionary specifying ra, dec, and unit (e.g., 'deg'). The 'radius' must be a simple number in degrees.", 'query': "astroquery_query(service_name='sdss', query_type='get_images', coordinates={'ra': 197.6, 'dec': 1.9, 'unit': 'deg'}, radius=0.02)"}, {'description': 'Use query_crossid method', 'query': 'query_crossid(...)'}, { 'description': 'Use query_crossid_async method', 'query': 'query_crossid_async(...)'}, {'description': 'Use query_photoobj method', 'query': 'query_photoobj(...)'}], 'full_name': 'Sloan Digital Sky Survey', 'object_types': 'all', 'requires_auth': False, 'wavelength_coverage': 'Optical'}, 'simbad': { 'capabilities': [ 'query_object', 'query_region', 'query_criteria', 'query_bibcode', 'query_bibobj', 'query_catalog', 'query_hierarchy', 'query_objectids', 'query_objects', 'query_tap'], 'data_types': ['catalogs'], 'description': 'The class for querying the SIMBAD web service.', 'example_queries': [ {'description': 'Use query_bibcode method', 'query': 'query_bibcode(...)'}, {'description': 'Use query_bibobj method', 'query': 'query_bibobj(...)'}, {'description': 'Use query_catalog method', 'query': 'query_catalog(...)'}], 'full_name': 'SIMBAD Astronomical Database', 'object_types': 'all', 'requires_auth': False, 'wavelength_coverage': 'all'}, 'splatalogue': { 'capabilities': ['query_lines', 'query_lines_async'], 'data_types': ['catalogs'], 'description': 'Splatalogue Catalog Query Tool', 'example_queries': [ {'description': 'Use query_lines method', 'query': 'query_lines(...)'}, { 'description': 'Use query_lines_async method', 'query': 'query_lines_async(...)'}], 'full_name': 'SPLATALOGUE Service', 'object_types': 'all', 'requires_auth': False, 'wavelength_coverage': 'all'}, 'template_module': { 'capabilities': [ 'query_object', 'query_region', 'get_images', 'get_image_list', 'query_object_async', 'query_region_async'], 'data_types': ['images'], 'description': 'Not all the methods below are necessary but these cover most of the common', 'example_queries': [ { 'description': 'Query specific object', 'query': 'query_object("M31")'}, { 'description': 'Use query_object_async method', 'query': 'query_object_async(...)'}, { 'description': 'Search region around coordinates', 'query': 'query_region(coord, radius=0.1*u.deg)'}], 'full_name': 'TEMPLATE_MODULE Service', 'object_types': 'all', 'requires_auth': False, 'wavelength_coverage': 'all'}, 'ukidss': { 'capabilities': [ 'query_region', 'get_images', 'get_image_list', 'query_cross_id', 'query_cross_id_async', 'query_region_async'], 'data_types': ['images', 'catalogs'], 'description': 'The UKIDSSQuery class. Must instantiate this class in order to make any', 'example_queries': [ {'description': 'Use query_cross_id method', 'query': 'query_cross_id(...)'}, { 'description': 'Use query_cross_id_async method', 'query': 'query_cross_id_async(...)'}, { 'description': 'Search region around coordinates', 'query': 'query_region(coord, radius=0.1*u.deg)'}], 'full_name': 'UKIDSS Service', 'object_types': 'all', 'requires_auth': True, 'wavelength_coverage': 'all'}, 'vamdc': { 'capabilities': ['query_molecule'], 'data_types': ['unknown'], 'description': '.. deprecated:: 0.4.2', 'example_queries': [{'description': 'Use query_molecule method', 'query': 'query_molecule(...)'}], 'full_name': 'VAMDC Database', 'object_types': 'all', 'requires_auth': False, 'wavelength_coverage': 'all'}, 'vizier': { 'capabilities': [ 'query_object', 'query_region', 'query_constraints', 'query_constraints_async', 'query_object_async', 'query_region_async'], 'data_types': ['catalogs'], 'description': 'VizieR Query Tool', 'example_queries': [ { 'description': 'Use query_constraints method', 'query': 'query_constraints(...)'}, { 'description': 'Use query_constraints_async method', 'query': 'query_constraints_async(...)'}, {'description': 'Query specific object', 'query': 'query_object("M31")'}], 'full_name': 'VizieR Catalog Service', 'object_types': 'all', 'requires_auth': False, 'wavelength_coverage': 'all'}, 'vsa': { 'capabilities': [ 'query_region', 'get_images', 'get_image_list', 'query_cross_id', 'query_cross_id_async', 'query_region_async'], 'data_types': ['images', 'catalogs'], 'description': 'The VsaQuery class. Must instantiate this class in order to make any', 'example_queries': [ {'description': 'Use query_cross_id method', 'query': 'query_cross_id(...)'}, { 'description': 'Use query_cross_id_async method', 'query': 'query_cross_id_async(...)'}, { 'description': 'Search region around coordinates', 'query': 'query_region(coord, radius=0.1*u.deg)'}], 'full_name': 'VSA Service', 'object_types': 'all', 'requires_auth': True, 'wavelength_coverage': 'all'}, 'wfau': { 'capabilities': [ 'query_region', 'get_images', 'get_image_list', 'query_cross_id', 'query_cross_id_async', 'query_region_async'], 'data_types': ['images', 'catalogs'], 'description': 'The BaseWFAUQuery class. This is intended to be inherited by other classes', 'example_queries': [ {'description': 'Use query_cross_id method', 'query': 'query_cross_id(...)'}, { 'description': 'Use query_cross_id_async method', 'query': 'query_cross_id_async(...)'}, { 'description': 'Search region around coordinates', 'query': 'query_region(coord, radius=0.1*u.deg)'}], 'full_name': 'WFAU Archive', 'object_types': 'all', 'requires_auth': True, 'wavelength_coverage': 'all'}} def get_service_info(service_name: str) -> dict: """Get detailed information about a specific astroquery service.""" return ASTROQUERY_SERVICE_INFO.get(service_name, { 'full_name': f'{service_name.upper()} Service', 'description': 'No detailed information available', 'data_types': ['unknown'], 'wavelength_coverage': 'unknown', 'object_types': 'unknown', 'example_queries': [] })

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