11.4.17. astroML.datasets.fetch_LINEAR_geneva

astroML.datasets.fetch_LINEAR_geneva(data_home=None, download_if_missing=True)

Loader for LINEAR geneva data.

This supplements the LINEAR data above with well-determined periods and other light curve characteristics.

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

datarecord array

data on 7000+ LINEAR stars from the Geneva catalog