lsdb

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Scale astronomical catalogs with lazy Dask.

Authorejoliet
Version1.0.0
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What problem does it solve?

Scalable, lazy-evaluated analysis of billion-row astronomical catalogs using HATS partitions, enabling efficient filtering, cross-matching, and time-series access without loading data into memory.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Cross-match catalogs at scale with minimal memory footprint.
  • Lazy Dask-based execution for scalable transformation without full in-memory loads.
  • Time-series and nested catalog operations with HATS format support.

Quick Start

Install lsdb and the hats extension, then verify you can load a catalog with read_hats.

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Required Modules

None required

Components

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