The NGC Catalog, an exercise of data collection for UOC

This project aims to download the NGC object catalog using webcrapping techniques and save it as a CSV file. The accessed URL is https://in-the-sky.org/data/catalogue.php?cat=NGC&const=1&obj1Type=0&sort=0&view=1&page=x with 1 to 79 pages. The downloaded contents for each item compund the catalog are: Name = Name in the catalog type = Object kind mag = Visual magnitude of the object dist = Distance from the earth (when available) constellation = Constellation where to find the object RA = RA coordinates of the object. DEC = DEC Coordinates of the object str_name = Other name from the object. object_image = The image of the object.

Keywords

NGC, catalog, astronomy

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