This tutorial explores Galactic trends in metallicity and alpha abundance using the ASPCAP allStar file
Author: Danny Horta
Last modified: 2026-03-27 12:05:54
This tutorial demonstrates how to find the pipeline redshift and model fits, then presents an alternative redshift model fit.
Author: Sean Morrison
Last modified: 2026-03-07 12:05:54
This tutorial is an exercise for exploring BOSS spectra in the classroom.
Author: Niall Deacon
Last modified: 2026-03-27 12:24:54
This tutorial demonstrates how to find spectra from individual BOSS exposures and the coadded spectra.
Author: Sean Morrison
Last modified: 2026-03-27 12:24:54
This notebook demonstrates best practices for working with Galactic Genesis data, including selecting GG targets and using quality flags.
Authors: Maddie Lucey, GG team
Last modified: 2026-03-27 12:24:54
This tutorial explores the Galaxy around the Sun using MWM data.
Author: Niall Deacon
Last modified: 2026-03-27 16:24:54
This tutorial identifies M dwarfs in APOGEE and BOSS Summarys and compares the results.
Author: Ilija Medan
Last modified: 2026-03-27 16:24:54
This tutorial uses the semaphore package to select SDSS targets by their targeting flags.
Authors: Andy Casey, Sean Morrison
Last modified: 2026-03-27 16:24:54
This tutorial focuses on working with BOSS Data and how to uses the various masks to flag and exclude bad data.
Author: Sean Morrison
Last modified: 2026-03-27 16:24:54
This tutorial uses the allspec file to find all SDSS observations of an object
Authors: Michael R. Blanton, John Donor
Last modified: 2026-05-07 12:24:54
This tutorial uses the ASPCAP Summary to plot an HR diagram with Gaia absolute magnitudes.
Author: Emily Griffith
Last modified: 2026-03-27 12:27:54
This tutorial combines the all star ASPCAP file and a catalog of stellar ages to train a machine learning model.
Authors: Jamie Tayar, John Donor
Last modified: 2026-03-27 16:24:54
This tutorial provides insight into the fiber offsets used to target brighter stars.
Author: Ilija Medan
Last modified: 2026-03-27 16:24:54
This tutorial uses sdss_id to match targets between two Summary files.
Author: Zach Way
Last modified: 2026-03-27 12:24:54
This tutorial demonstrates how to retrieve an APOGEE spectrum using sdss-access and plot it.
Authors: Adam Wheeler, John Donor
Last modified: 2026-06-11 16:24:54
This tutorial uses sdss-access to retrieve spectra of an identified white dwarf, then plots the spectrum and best fit model.
Authors: Adam Wheeler, John Donor
Last modified: 2026-03-27 12:24:54
This tutorial extracts information from two different file types to compare ASPCAP stellar models to the observed spectrum.
Author: John Donor
Last modified: 2026-05-07 12:24:54
This notebook documents the process of generating the plots from several tiles analyzed using the LVM DAP, creating mosaics.
Authors: Sebastian F. Sanchez, LVM team
Last modified: 2026-05-07 12:24:54
The goal of this notebook is to show how to open, inspect, visualize, and interactively explore an LVM DRP SFrame product.
Authors: Sebastian F. Sanchez, LVM team
Last modified: 2026-05-07 12:24:54
This notebook shows how to read the DR20 drpall, dapall, and qcall summary products, merge them into a single table, and decode the packed qa_bitmask values into human-readable quality flags for science selection.
Authors: Sebastian F. Sanchez, LVM team
Last modified: 2026-05-07 12:24:54
This notebook is a tutorial version of the standalone gen_output_model.py workflow, included in the LVMDAP distribution.
Authors: Sebastian F. Sanchez, LVM team
Last modified: 2026-05-07 12:24:54
This notebook documents the process of generating the plots included on Sánchez et al. 2025
Authors: Sebastian F. Sanchez, LVM team
Last modified: 2026-05-07 12:24:54
This notebook introduces MOS target files in the fits format
Authors: José Sánchez-Gallego, Pramod Gupta
Last modified: 2026-05-14 12:24:54
This notebook introduces MOS target files in the (recommended) parquet format
Authors: José Sánchez-Gallego, Pramod Gupta
Last modified: 2026-05-14 12:24:54
This notebook demonstrates usage and results from the BHM visual inspection VAC
Author: Tom Dwelly
Last modified: 2026-07-28 15:00:54
This notebook demonstrates usage of the blazarkit package and results from the Fermi Blazar VAC
Author: Mohammed Iddrisu Nlowie
Last modified: 2026-07-28 15:00:54
This notebook demonstates access to stellar parameters from the BOSS-CLAM VAC
Author: Ilija Medan
Last modified: 2026-07-28 15:00:54
This notebook uses the BOSS OCCAM VAC to plot a Galactic metallicity gradient and evaluate cluster parameter reliability
Author: John Donor
Last modified: 2026-07-28 15:00:54
This tutorial shows some example plots using the MINESweeper catalog. This pipeline is used primarily for stars from the Milky Way Mapper Halo program, although some other targets are included.
Author: Alex Ji
Last modified: 2026-09-23 13:00:54
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