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
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