11.4.8. astroML.datasets.fetch_nasa_atlas¶
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astroML.datasets.fetch_nasa_atlas(data_home=None, download_if_missing=True)[source]¶ Loader for NASA galaxy atlas data
- Parameters
- data_homeoptional, default=None
Specify another download and cache folder for the datasets. By default all astroML data is stored in ‘~/astroML_data’.
- download_if_missingoptional, default=True
If False, raise a IOError if the data is not locally available instead of trying to download the data from the source site.
- Returns
- datandarray
The data, in the form of a numpy record array.
Notes
- This is the file created by the example script at
examples/datasets/truncate_nsa_data.py
- For an explanation of the meaning of the fields, see the description at