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scripts/download_2mass_psc_m31.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Download a small, versionable 2MASS PSC field from the IRSA Gator API.
+#
+# The query is intentionally a 0.5-degree cone instead of the full PSC: the
+# all-sky catalog contains hundreds of millions of sources and is not suitable
+# for this repository.  The output remains an original IPAC table so no
+# photometry or missing-value handling is silently changed.
+set -euo pipefail
+
+repo_root=$(CDPATH= cd -- "$(dirname -- "$0")/.." && pwd)
+output="$repo_root/assets/2mass/raw/2mass_psc_m31_0p5deg.tbl"
+tmp_output=$(mktemp "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/2mass_psc_m31_XXXXXX.tbl")
+trap 'rm -f "$tmp_output"' EXIT
+
+mkdir -p "$(dirname -- "$output")"
+
+curl --fail --silent --show-error --location --get \
+  'https://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/Gator/nph-query' \
+  --data-urlencode 'catalog=fp_psc' \
+  --data-urlencode 'spatial=cone' \
+  --data-urlencode 'objstr=10.6847083 41.26875' \
+  --data-urlencode 'radius=0.5' \
+  --data-urlencode 'radunits=deg' \
+  --data-urlencode 'outfmt=1' \
+  --data-urlencode 'selcols=designation,ra,dec,j_m,h_m,k_m' \
+  --data-urlencode 'outrows=50000' \
+  -o "$tmp_output"
+
+grep -q "2MASS All-Sky Point Source Catalog" "$tmp_output"
+grep -q '^| *designation|' "$tmp_output"
+mv "$tmp_output" "$output"
+trap - EXIT
+
+printf 'Wrote %s\n' "$output"

scripts/download_2mass_psc_m44.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Download the M44 (Beehive/Praesepe) 2MASS PSC comparison field from IRSA.
+set -euo pipefail
+
+repo_root=$(CDPATH= cd -- "$(dirname -- "$0")/.." && pwd)
+output="$repo_root/assets/2mass/raw/2mass_psc_m44_1p0deg.tbl"
+tmp_output=$(mktemp "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/2mass_psc_m44_XXXXXX.tbl")
+trap 'rm -f "$tmp_output"' EXIT
+
+mkdir -p "$(dirname -- "$output")"
+
+curl --fail --silent --show-error --location --get \
+  'https://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/Gator/nph-query' \
+  --data-urlencode 'catalog=fp_psc' \
+  --data-urlencode 'spatial=cone' \
+  --data-urlencode 'objstr=129.99165 19.54139' \
+  --data-urlencode 'radius=1.0' \
+  --data-urlencode 'radunits=deg' \
+  --data-urlencode 'outfmt=1' \
+  --data-urlencode 'selcols=designation,ra,dec,j_m,h_m,k_m' \
+  --data-urlencode 'outrows=100000' \
+  -o "$tmp_output"
+
+grep -q "2MASS All-Sky Point Source Catalog" "$tmp_output"
+grep -q '^| *designation|' "$tmp_output"
+mv "$tmp_output" "$output"
+trap - EXIT
+
+printf 'Wrote %s\n' "$output"

scripts/process_2mass_psc.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Fit blackbody temperature and apparent brightness to a 2MASS PSC table.
+
+The output is deliberately a small renderer-facing CSV: RA, Dec, blackbody
+temperature, and blackbody normalization.  The latter is the fitted apparent
+solid angle Omega in F_nu = Omega B_nu(T), expressed in steradians.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import csv
+import argparse
+import math
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import numpy as np
+
+ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+INPUT = ROOT / "assets/2mass/raw/2mass_psc_m31_0p5deg.tbl"
+OUTPUT = ROOT / "assets/2mass/processed/2mass_psc_m31_0p5deg_stars.csv"
+
+# 2MASS effective wavelengths and Vega zero-magnitude flux densities.
+WAVELENGTH_M = np.array([1.235, 1.662, 2.159]) * 1e-6
+ZERO_POINT_JY = np.array([1594.0, 1024.0, 666.7])
+GOOD_RD_FLAGS = frozenset("123")
+MIN_TEMPERATURE_K = 300.0
+MAX_TEMPERATURE_K = 100000.0
+
+PLANCK_H = 6.62607015e-34
+LIGHT_C = 299792458.0
+BOLTZMANN_K = 1.380649e-23
+
+
+def column_slices(path: Path) -> tuple[list[str], list[tuple[int, int]], int]:
+    """Return IPAC fixed-width column metadata and first data-line index."""
+    lines = path.read_text(encoding="ascii").splitlines()
+    for index, line in enumerate(lines):
+        if line.startswith("|") and "designation" in line:
+            boundaries = [offset for offset, char in enumerate(line) if char == "|"]
+            names = [line[left + 1:right].strip()
+                     for left, right in zip(boundaries, boundaries[1:])]
+            slices = [(left + 1, right)
+                      for left, right in zip(boundaries, boundaries[1:])]
+            return names, slices, index + 4
+    raise ValueError(f"no IPAC table header in {path}")
+
+
+def load_required_columns(path: Path) -> dict[str, np.ndarray]:
+    names, slices, first_data_line = column_slices(path)
+    required = ("ra", "dec", "j_m", "h_m", "k_m", "rd_flg")
+    indices = {name: names.index(name) for name in required}
+    values: dict[str, list[str]] = {name: [] for name in required}
+
+    with path.open(encoding="ascii") as table:
+        for line_number, line in enumerate(table):
+            if line_number < first_data_line or not line.strip():
+                continue
+            for name, index in indices.items():
+                left, right = slices[index]
+                values[name].append(line[left:right].strip())
+
+    result: dict[str, np.ndarray] = {}
+    for name in ("ra", "dec", "j_m", "h_m", "k_m"):
+        result[name] = np.array(
+            [float(value) if value else math.nan for value in values[name]], dtype=float
+        )
+    result["rd_flg"] = np.array(values["rd_flg"], dtype="U3")
+    return result
+
+
+def log_planck_nu_jy_per_sr(log_temperature: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:
+    """Evaluate log B_nu in Jy/sr at the three 2MASS effective wavelengths."""
+    temperature = np.exp(log_temperature)[:, None]
+    frequency = LIGHT_C / WAVELENGTH_M
+    exponent = PLANCK_H * frequency / (BOLTZMANN_K * temperature)
+    radiance_si = 2.0 * PLANCK_H * frequency**3 / LIGHT_C**2 / np.expm1(exponent)
+    return np.log(radiance_si / 1e-26)
+
+
+def fit_blackbody(log_flux_jy: np.ndarray) -> tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray]:
+    """Unweighted least-squares fit in log F_nu for T and apparent solid angle."""
+    count = len(log_flux_jy)
+    lower = np.full(count, math.log(MIN_TEMPERATURE_K))
+    upper = np.full(count, math.log(MAX_TEMPERATURE_K))
+    golden = (math.sqrt(5.0) - 1.0) / 2.0
+    first = upper - golden * (upper - lower)
+    second = lower + golden * (upper - lower)
+
+    def objective(log_temperature: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:
+        model = log_planck_nu_jy_per_sr(log_temperature)
+        residual = (log_flux_jy - log_flux_jy.mean(axis=1, keepdims=True)
+                    - (model - model.mean(axis=1, keepdims=True)))
+        return np.sum(residual * residual, axis=1)
+
+    first_value = objective(first)
+    second_value = objective(second)
+    for _ in range(64):
+        keep_left = first_value <= second_value
+        upper = np.where(keep_left, second, upper)
+        second = np.where(keep_left, first, second)
+        second_value = np.where(keep_left, first_value, second_value)
+        lower = np.where(keep_left, lower, first)
+        first = np.where(keep_left, upper - golden * (upper - lower), second)
+        first_value = np.where(keep_left, objective(first), second_value)
+        second = np.where(keep_left, second, lower + golden * (upper - lower))
+        second_value = np.where(keep_left, second_value, objective(second))
+
+    log_temperature = 0.5 * (lower + upper)
+    log_radiance = log_planck_nu_jy_per_sr(log_temperature)
+    log_solid_angle = np.mean(log_flux_jy - log_radiance, axis=1)
+    return np.exp(log_temperature), np.exp(log_solid_angle)
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description="Fit a renderer-facing blackbody catalog from a 2MASS PSC IPAC table."
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--input", type=Path, default=INPUT,
+                        help="raw 2MASS PSC IPAC table")
+    parser.add_argument("--output", type=Path, default=OUTPUT,
+                        help="renderer-facing CSV to write")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    columns = load_required_columns(args.input)
+    magnitudes = np.column_stack((columns["j_m"], columns["h_m"], columns["k_m"]))
+    valid_photometry = np.isfinite(magnitudes).all(axis=1)
+    valid_rd_flag = np.array(
+        [len(flag) == 3 and all(value in GOOD_RD_FLAGS for value in flag)
+         for flag in columns["rd_flg"]]
+    )
+    keep = valid_photometry & valid_rd_flag
+    if not np.any(keep):
+        raise ValueError("no sources retain valid J/H/Ks photometry")
+
+    flux_jy = ZERO_POINT_JY * np.power(10.0, -0.4 * magnitudes[keep])
+    temperature_k, amplitude_sr = fit_blackbody(np.log(flux_jy))
+
+    args.output.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    with args.output.open("w", newline="", encoding="ascii") as output:
+        writer = csv.writer(output, lineterminator="\n")
+        writer.writerow(("ra_deg", "dec_deg", "temperature_K", "amplitude_sr"))
+        for ra, dec, temperature, amplitude in zip(
+            columns["ra"][keep], columns["dec"][keep], temperature_k, amplitude_sr
+        ):
+            writer.writerow((f"{ra:.6f}", f"{dec:.6f}", f"{temperature:.8g}",
+                             f"{amplitude:.9e}"))
+
+    print(f"input_rows={len(keep)}")
+    print(f"discarded_invalid_photometry={np.count_nonzero(~valid_photometry)}")
+    print(f"discarded_rd_flg_not_123={np.count_nonzero(~valid_rd_flag)}")
+    print(f"retained_rows={np.count_nonzero(keep)}")
+    print(f"wrote={args.output}")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()