get_gaia_magnitude_histogram

simsit.photometry.get_gaia_magnitude_histogram(ra_deg, dec_deg, radius_deg, gaia_data_release=3, star_lim=-1, nbins=100)

Compute histograms of Gaia G, BP, and RP magnitudes in a sky region.

Parameters

ra_degfloat

Right ascension of the query center in degrees.

dec_degfloat

Declination of the query center in degrees.

radius_degfloat

Search radius in degrees.

gaia_data_releaseint, optional

Gaia data release to query.

star_limint, optional

Maximum number of returned sources. Use -1 for no explicit row limit.

nbinsint, optional

Number of histogram bins.

Returns

dict

Dictionary keyed by "G", "BP", and "RP". Each entry contains "bins" and "values" arrays.