""" SDSS Filters ------------ Download and plot the five SDSS filter bands along with a Vega spectrum. This data is available on the SDSS website (filters) and on the STSci website (Vega). """ # Author: Jake VanderPlas # License: BSD # The figure is an example from astroML: see http://astroML.github.com from matplotlib import pyplot as plt from astroML.datasets import fetch_sdss_filter, fetch_vega_spectrum #------------------------------------------------------------ # Set up figure and axes fig = plt.figure() ax = fig.add_subplot(111) #---------------------------------------------------------------------- # Fetch and plot the Vega spectrum spec = fetch_vega_spectrum() lam = spec[0] spectrum = spec[1] / 2.1 / spec[1].max() ax.plot(lam, spectrum, '-k', lw=2) #------------------------------------------------------------ # Fetch and plot the five filters text_kwargs = dict(fontsize=20, ha='center', va='center', alpha=0.5) for f, c, loc in zip('ugriz', 'bgrmk', [3500, 4600, 6100, 7500, 8800]): data = fetch_sdss_filter(f) ax.fill(data[0], data[1], ec=c, fc=c, alpha=0.4) ax.text(loc, 0.02, f, color=c, **text_kwargs) ax.set_xlim(3000, 11000) ax.set_title('SDSS Filters and Reference Spectrum') ax.set_xlabel('Wavelength (Angstroms)') ax.set_ylabel('normalized flux / filter transmission') plt.show()