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Functions and classes to access online data resources. Maintainers: @keflavich and @bsipocz

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Dominant language: Python
License: BSD-3-Clause
Last GitHub push: Sep 18, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 14, 2026
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362 open issues indexed

Allow Heasarc.locate_data to also list encrypted data Open

heasarc question

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astropy/astroquery#3657 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 7, 2026
Gaia SIF data retrieval issue Open

gaia Upstream

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astropy/astroquery#3648 · 4 comments · Opened Aug 19, 2026
fermi: LATDataQuery.cgi is being replaced by a REST API — module update available Open

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astropy/astroquery#3646 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 18, 2026
Limiting test data distributed within astroquery Open

enhancement

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astropy/astroquery#3621 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jun 26, 2026
Cannot use Astroquery as a source with `pytest-cov` Open

question testing

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astropy/astroquery#3617 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 17, 2026
MAST: Re-enable NED resolver tests when more stable Open

mast

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astropy/astroquery#3616 · Opened Jun 17, 2026
astroquery dev version is different on PyPI vs local build Open

question

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astropy/astroquery#3603 · 3 comments · Opened Jun 3, 2026
BUG: better handle optional dependencies for testing Open

bug infrastructure

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astropy/astroquery#3556 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 17, 2026
ESO query functions - order retrieved table columns as in the list passed to the function Open

eso

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astropy/astroquery#3537 · 1 comment · Opened Feb 23, 2026
SIMBAD cache question Open

query question

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astropy/astroquery#3530 · 4 comments · Opened Feb 12, 2026
API: new kwarg for return raw response Open

refactor

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astropy/astroquery#3524 · 2 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Feb 11, 2026
Upcoming ESO PRs Open

eso

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astropy/astroquery#3518 · 2 comments · Opened Feb 2, 2026
MAINT: systematically switch out `doctest-remote-data` with `doctest-remote-data-all` Open

refactor

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astropy/astroquery#3494 · 3 comments · Opened Jan 14, 2026
Update ESO docs Open

Documentation eso

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astropy/astroquery#3491 · 9 comments · Opened Jan 12, 2026
Subclass the built-in `TimeoutError` Open

refactor

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astropy/astroquery#3484 · Opened Dec 20, 2025
list_collections() output doesn't update when sia_url (or ssa_url) is changed Open

Documentation ipac.irsa

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astropy/astroquery#3479 · 3 comments · Opened Dec 10, 2025
ENH: add `cache` kwarg to irsa.Most() or turn off caching altogether Open

bug enhancement ipac.irsa

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astropy/astroquery#3476 · 1 comment · Opened Dec 8, 2025
Garbled output when importing Gaia during maintenance Open

bug esa gaia

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astropy/astroquery#3469 · 10 comments · Opened Dec 1, 2025
working with vastropy.io.votable Open

vizier

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astropy/astroquery#3466 · 4 comments · Opened Nov 26, 2025
CI: make sure cron jobs are not running on forks Open

bug infrastructure Upstream

astropy/astroquery#3457 · 1 assignee · Opened Nov 10, 2025
Obtain spectral lines from NED query Open

ipac.ned

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astropy/astroquery#3446 · 2 comments · Opened Oct 23, 2025
ALMA feature request: SODA queries Open

alma

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astropy/astroquery#3445 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 22, 2025
ENH: Better support for ESO decompression (particularly on Windows) Open

eso

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astropy/astroquery#3443 · 2 comments · Opened Oct 21, 2025
distance_result no longer in votable_fields in Simbad.query_region Open

Documentation simbad

astropy/astroquery#3436 · 5 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Oct 3, 2025
Make a property for the IRSA base url Open

ipac.irsa

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astropy/astroquery#3431 · Opened Sep 29, 2025
Gaia box query projection / possible bug reported on RNAAS Open

Documentation duplicate esa gaia

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astropy/astroquery#3428 · 2 comments · Opened Sep 23, 2025
Unify row_limit Open

cleanup question

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astropy/astroquery#3424 · 2 comments · Opened Sep 23, 2025
MAINT: cleanup configitem defaultvalues Open

cleanup template module

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astropy/astroquery#3414 · 8 comments · Opened Sep 17, 2025
MAINT: create `[dev]` extras short that installs all optional and test and docs build dependencies Open

Documentation infrastructure

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astropy/astroquery#3408 · Opened Sep 12, 2025
ENH:s spherex-cutout method Open

enhancement ipac.irsa

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astropy/astroquery#3389 · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 6, 2025
ENH: add optional description for Irsa.list_collection results Open

enhancement ipac.irsa

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astropy/astroquery#3381 · Opened Jul 30, 2025
BUG: CASDA query at 0 DEC exactly Open

bug casda

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astropy/astroquery#3376 · 2 comments · Opened Jul 22, 2025
BUG: collection irtf_mearth returns no results Open

bug ipac.irsa

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astropy/astroquery#3374 · Opened Jul 18, 2025
SDSS.query_region() returns misleading Table containing HTML error Open

bug sdss

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astropy/astroquery#3369 · 7 comments · Opened Jul 10, 2025
Does irsa.query_region work with vector SkyCoords? Open

ipac.irsa

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astropy/astroquery#3360 · 3 comments · Opened Jun 27, 2025
Skybot units for distance. Open

imcce

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astropy/astroquery#3358 · Opened Jun 26, 2025
ENH: IRSA: make query_region obscore compatible Open

enhancement ipac.irsa

astropy/astroquery#3357 · 1 assignee · Opened Jun 26, 2025
ENH: turning off old simbad API Open

simbad

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astropy/astroquery#3355 · 2 comments · Opened Jun 23, 2025
Tar download from HEASARC hanging? Open

heasarc Upstream

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astropy/astroquery#3354 · 6 comments · Opened Jun 20, 2025
[Bug]: AttributeError on log._set_defaults() in astroquery/logger.py when used as a library dependency Open

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astropy/astroquery#3349 · Opened Jun 17, 2025
MAINT: cleanup all `from_name` usage in tests Open

cleanup

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astropy/astroquery#3348 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · Opened Jun 16, 2025
Gaia timeouts affecting imports Open

bug gaia

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astropy/astroquery#3343 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 10, 2025
Doc: Suggest filter columns for MastMisions.query_region Open

mast

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astropy/astroquery#3336 · Opened Jun 3, 2025
Querying all HEASARC data/observations for a range of times for a particular mission Open

Documentation heasarc

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astropy/astroquery#3321 · 5 comments · Opened May 16, 2025
ENH: add search offset column to Heasarc.query_region Open

enhancement heasarc

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astropy/astroquery#3315 · 2 comments · Opened May 8, 2025
ENH: harvest outage info for IRSA Open

enhancement ipac.irsa

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astropy/astroquery#3300 · 2 comments · Opened Apr 24, 2025
DOC: better documentation for the config system Open

Documentation

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astropy/astroquery#3293 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 16, 2025
Document mirrors in SIMBAD and VizieR Open

Documentation simbad vizier

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astropy/astroquery#3291 · 2 reactions · Opened Apr 15, 2025
BUG: larger radii searches in query_ssa fail with ConnectionError Open

ipac.irsa Upstream

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astropy/astroquery#3277 · 3 comments · Opened Mar 26, 2025
DOC: add notes around preference for pyvo's TAP over external usage of tapplus Open

Documentation query utils.tap

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astropy/astroquery#3262 · 8 comments · Opened Mar 17, 2025

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