A tiny Python module to allow easy retrieval of a cutout from the Legacy survey.
Instead of this package, please consider using the more actively maintained EveryStamp: https://github.com/tikk3r/EveryStamp/
This package can be installed simply by running pip install legacystamps. It can also be installed manually with python setup.py install.
To use it in a script, import and use the module as follows. To get a FITS cutout:
import legacystamps
legacystamps.download(ra=ra, dec=dec, mode='fits', bands='grz', size=cutsize)or to get a JPEG cutout:
import legacystamps
legacystamps.download(ra=ra, dec=dec, mode='jpeg', bands='grz', size=cutsize)It can also run standalone. See legacystamps.py -h for available options after installation.
The following packages are required:
- requests
- tqdm
If you use legacystamps in your work, please consider acknowledging this package through
This work made use of the legacystamps package (https://github.com/tikk3r/legacystamps).
and the acknowledgements associated to https://legacysurvey.org/.