Directory macros/latex/contrib/query-astro
query-astro – Querying astronomical databases in LaTeX
Usage
Simply write
\usepackage{query-astro}
in the preamble.
Description
The package provides a simple interface to query astronomical databases using their TAP services by sending ADQL requests.
Author
Copyright 2026 Valentin Dao
This work may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions of The LaTeX Project Public License v1.3c or later.
This work has the LPPL status maintained.
The current maintainer of this work is Valentin Dao (vdao.texdev@gmail.com)
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query-astro – Querying astronomical databases in LaTeX
The query-astro package is an experimental package developed to allow users to query astronomical databases directly from LaTeX. The query is performed by sending ADQL (Astronomical Data Query Language) instructions to a Table Access Protocol (TAP) service, so enabled \write18 is required. The result is then stored in a macro, which can be used in the document.
| Package | query-astro |
| Repository | https://github.com/TeXackers/query-astro/tree/main |
| Version | 0.1.0 |
| Licenses | The LaTeX Project Public License 1.3c |
| Copyright | 2026 Valentin Dao |
| Maintainer | Valentin Dao |
| Contained in | TeX Live as query-astro |
| Topics | Data import Astronomy |
