Welcome to AXS’s documentation!

This is the main documentation site for AXS (Astronomy eXtensions for Spark).

The source code is hosted at two GitHub repositories: the repository containing AXS API and the repository containing Spark changes

To report a bug please send an email to one of the following addresses: pzecevic@uw.edu, ctslater@uw.edu, and mjuric@uw.edu

The AXS paper is in preparation and the citation reference will be posted here once it’s published.

Contents:

• Introduction to AXS
  • Spark specifics
  • AXS data partitioning
• AXS Installation
  • Prerequisites
  • Manual installation
  • Using Anaconda
• Starting AXS
  • Starting AXS using pyspark shell
  • Starting AXS using a Python program
  • Starting AXS from a Jupyter notebook
• Importing catalog data
  • Importing data from Parquet files
  • Importing a table from a Spark metastore
  • Importing new data from scratch
• Using AXS
  • Cross-matching catalogs
  • Querying catalog data
  • Running custom functions
  • Working with light-curve data

API

• AxsFrame
• AxsCatalog

Indices and tables

• Index
• Search Page