starquery: Query the database for stars with specific attributes

In ropensci/RStars: Access to the American Museum of Natural History's Digital Universe Dataset API

Query the database for stars with specific attributes

Description

Sends a paginated query to the database and compiles the results back into a data.frame

Usage

starquery(queries, max_results = 1000)

Arguments

queries	A list of queries to send. Refer to http://hacktheuniverse.github.io/star-api/ and example below.
max_results	Maximum number of results to obtain (default 1000)

Value

A data.frame of query results

Examples

## Not run: 
## find the (naked eye) visible stars (max 1750)
queries <- list("min[appmag]" = -2.5, "max[appmag]" = 6.5)
sq <- starquery(queries, max_results = 1750)

## End(Not run)

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