11.4.21. astroML.datasets.fetch_rrlyrae_templates

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

Loader for RR-Lyrae template data

These are the light-curve templates from Sesar et al 2010, ApJ 708:717

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

datanumpy record array

record array containing the templates