Ingest astronomical properties of ultracool benchmarks

[zjzhang42]

The following two papers compile catalogs of L6-Y1 ultracool benchmarks (as discovered by Feb 2021), including their spectral types, photometry, parallaxes, host star ages, and homogeneously derived physical properties (based on Saumon & Marley 2008 hybrid evolutionary models). These benchmarks include wide companions to stars/WDs, members of young associations, and brown dwarfs with dynamical masses.

Catalog of L6-T6 benchmarks: Tables 3-4 of https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020ApJ...891..171Z/abstract

Catalog of T7-Y1 benchmarks: Tables 4-5 of https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021arXiv210205045Z/abstract

[kelle]

Thanks ZJ! The first step will be to get the data tables formatted into a format well suited for scripted ingestion. Do you have those tables in any other formats? I don't think they are on Vizier yet and the ASCII versions available on the AAS Journal site are not ideal. Could you generate comma-delimited tables, for example?

[zjzhang42]

I have FITS tables and using TOPCAT, I can basically generate any format we want (including CSV). Do you want me to (1) send these files directly to you, (2) upload them to this repo, or (3) put them online (e.g., google sheet or my personal webpage) so people can download them?

[kelle]

Awesome! Eventually, they should be uploaded to the repo along with the script you use to ingest them. (See examples in scripts/ingests.) Let's discuss on Tuesday!

[kelle]

Hey @zjzhang42 , coming back to this. If you want to just upload a CSV versions of those tables here, or make a public google sheet, that will help a lot . We're in a good place to ingest these now.

[zjzhang42]

Hey @kelle , 2 CSV files are attached. One for L6-T6 benchmarks and the other for T7-Y1 benchmarks. Feel free to reach out if any questions.

L6_to_T6_benchmarks.csv T7_to_Y1_benchmarks.csv

[kelle]

Waiting for #484 to be completed.