ADQL examples and use cases
Cone search sorted by distance on Flagship Mockup catalogue
Use case: select galaxies in a cone area of 6 arcmin, brighter than magnitude 24 and colour cut red galaxies, sorted by distance to some point in galactic coordinates.
Note that radius unit is decimal degrees.
Target table: flagship_mock_1_10_3_s_sc8_c
Query:
SELECT DISTANCE( POINT('ICRS', ra_gal, dec_gal), POINT('ICRS',220,10))*3600 AS dist, ra_gal, dec_gal, euclid_vis, euclid_nisp_y, euclid_nisp_j, euclid_nisp_h, observed_redshift_galFROM sascat.flagship_mock_1_10_3_s_sc8_c WHERE CONTAINS(POINT('ICRS',ra_gal,dec_gal),CIRCLE('ICRS',220,10,0.1))=1 AND (euclid_vis - euclid_nisp_h) > 0AND (euclid_vis < 24)ORDER by dist ASCBox search sorted by distance on Flagship Mockup catalogue
Use case: select all objects in a rectangular area
Target table: flagship_mock_1_10_3_s_sc8_c
Query:
SELECT ra_gal, dec_gal, euclid_vis, euclid_nisp_y, euclid_nisp_j, euclid_nisp_h, observed_redshift_gal FROM flagship_mock_1_10_3_s_sc8_c WHERE (ra_gal > 220) AND (ra_gal < 221) AND (dec_gal > 10) AND (dec_gal < 11)Cone search sorted by distance and redshift on Flagship Mockup catalogue
Use case: select all galaxies in the Flagship in a cone area in the redshift range 1 to 2
Target table: flagship_mock_1_10_3_s_sc8_c
Query:
SELECT DISTANCE( POINT('ICRS', ra_gal, dec_gal), POINT('ICRS',220,10))*3600 AS dist, ra_gal, dec_gal, euclid_vis, euclid_nisp_y, euclid_nisp_j, euclid_nisp_h, observed_redshift_galFROM flagship_mock_1_10_3_s_sc8_c WHERE CONTAINS(POINT('ICRS',ra_gal,dec_gal),CIRCLE('ICRS',220,10,0.5))=1 AND (true_redshift_gal > 1.0) AND (true_redshift_gal < 2.0)ORDER by observed_redshift_gal ASCSearch by flux in SC#8 Catalogue
Use case: return the JPCAM and LSST photometry for some galaxias around a given region in the sky
Target table: sascat_sc8.mer_final_cat_sc8
Query:
SELECT TOP 500 mer_final_cat_sc8.a_image,mer_final_cat_sc8.avg_trans_wave_g_ext_jpcam,mer_final_cat_sc8.avg_trans_wave_i_ext_lsst,mer_final_cat_sc8.avg_trans_wave_r_ext_lsstFROM sascat_sc8.mer_final_cat_sc8 WHERE CONTAINS(POINT('ICRS',right_ascension,declination),CIRCLE('ICRS',232,26,0.83333))=1Search by flux in SC#8 Catalogue
Use case: select brightest galaxies in SC8 catalogue.
Target table: sascat_sc8.mer_final_cat_sc8
Query:
SELECT right_ascension, declination, flux_g_ext_decam_aper, flux_vis_aper, flux_r_ext_decam_aper, flux_i_ext_decam_aper, flux_z_ext_decam_aper, flux_y_aper, flux_j_aper, flux_h_aperFROM sascat_sc8.mer_final_cat_sc8 WHERE (flux_vis_aper > 10)ORDER by flux_y_aper DESCThe results of the query can be shown by clicking on the Display top results button:
The top left option Query examples will show a few useful examples similar to the above ones.