lightkurve.LightCurve.search_neighbors#
- LightCurve.search_neighbors(limit: int = 10, radius: float = 3600.0, **search_criteria)[source]#
Search the data archive at MAST for the most nearby light curves.
By default, the 10 nearest neighbors located within 3600 arcseconds are returned. You can override these defaults by changing the
limitandradiusparameters.If the LightCurve object is a Kepler, K2, or TESS light curve, the default behavior of this method is to only return light curves obtained during the exact same quarter, campaign, or sector. This is useful to enable coeval light curves to be inspected for spurious noise signals in common between multiple neighboring targets. You can override this default behavior by passing a
mission,quarter,campaign, orsectorargument yourself.Please refer to the docstring of
search_lightcurvefor a complete list of search parameters accepted.- Parameters
- limitint
Maximum number of results to return.
- radiusfloat or
astropy.units.Quantityobject Conesearch radius. If a float is given it will be assumed to be in units of arcseconds.
- **search_criteriakwargs
Extra criteria to be passed to
search_lightcurve.
- Returns
- result
SearchResultobject Object detailing the neighbor light curves found, sorted by distance from the current light curve.
- result