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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+import pyfits
+import numpy as np
+import utils
+#print head
+import collections
+
+#print atlasData.field('IAUNAME')
+
+def find_mag(ra, dec):
+    r_band = 4
+    atlasFile = '/media/46F4A27FF4A2713B_/work/nsa_v0_1_2.fits'
+    atlas = pyfits.open(atlasFile)
+    atlasData = atlas[1].data
+#    print atlas[1].columns.names
+
+    head = atlas[1].header
+    #print atlasData.field('RA')[15], atlasData.field('DEC')[15]
+    for i in range(0, atlasData.shape[0]):
+      if (round(atlasData.field('RA')[i], 3) == round(ra, 3)) and (round(atlasData.field('DEC')[i], 3) == round(dec, 3)):
+	print 'i', i, round(atlasData.field('RA')[i], 3), round(atlasData.field('DEC')[i], 3)
+	return utils.nmgy2mag(atlasData.field('NMGY')[i][r_band])
+      #else:
+	#print 'object not found!'
+
+def find_in_atlas(arg, ra, dec):
+
+    atlasFile = '../data/NSAtlas/nsa_v0_1_2.fits'
+    atlas = pyfits.open(atlasFile)
+    atlasData = atlas[1].data
+#    print atlas[1].columns.names
+    
+    head = atlas[1].header
+    #print atlasData.field('RA')[15], atlasData.field('DEC')[15]
+    '''for i in range(0, atlasData.shape[0]):
+      if (round(atlasData.field('RA')[i], 3) == round(ra, 3)) and (round(atlasData.field('DEC')[i], 3) == round(dec, 3)):
+	print 'i', i, round(atlasData.field('RA')[i], 3), round(atlasData.field('DEC')[i], 3)
+	return atlasData.field(arg)[i]
+      #else:
+	#print '''
+    decs = np.where(np.round(atlasData.field('DEC'), 3) == round(dec, 3))
+    ras = np.where(np.round(atlasData.field('RA'), 3) == round(ra, 3))
+    print round(ra, 3), round(dec, 3)
+    print ras[0]
+    print decs[0]
+    
+    
+    #if list(ras) == list(decs):
+    
+    a_multiset = collections.Counter(list(ras[0]))
+    b_multiset = collections.Counter(list(decs[0]))
+    overlap = list((a_multiset & b_multiset).elements())
+    if overlap != []:
+      ret =  atlasData.field(arg)[overlap]
+    else:
+      ret = 0
+    print ret, 'returning '
+    atlas.close()	
+    return ret
+    #print np.where((np.round(atlasData.field('RA'), 3) == round(ra, 3)))# and np.round(atlasData.field('DEC'), 3) == round(dec, 3)))
+    #print np.where(np.round(atlasData.field('RA'), 3) == round(ra, 3))]#.field(arg)