Started: 2025-11-22 12:25
Status: 🚧 IN PROGRESS
Reason: Complete data source architecture change
- ✅
CRITICAL_DATA_SOURCE_UPDATE.md- Complete problem analysis - ✅
DATA_PRIORITY_GUIDE.md- Usage guide - ✅ Problem identified: GAIA-only insufficient
- ✅
eso_fetch.py- ESO/ALMA PRIMARY (97.9% validation) - ✅
akari_fetch.py- IR maps (G79, CygnusX) - ✅
ned_fetch.py- Multi-frequency spectra
Current task: Rewriting CatalogManager with:
- ESO as PRIMARY source
- AKARI for IR studies
- NED for multi-frequency
- GAIA as auxiliary only
- Hierarchical fetch priority
Code changes:
# OLD (WRONG):
manager.fetch_nearby() # Uses GAIA by default
# NEW (CORRECT):
manager.fetch_primary() # Uses ESO (97.9%)
manager.fetch_auxiliary() # Uses GAIA (51%, positions)- Update
manager.pywith priority system - Add
fetch_primary()method (ESO) - Add
fetch_ir_map()method (AKARI) - Add
fetch_multifreq()method (NED) - Update
fetch_nearby()to warn about auxiliary data
- Create
validation/primary_test.py - Port
perfect_paired_test.pyfrom Mass-Projection - Target: 97.9% success rate
- Test with 47 ESO observations
- Update all existing examples
- Create ESO-first examples
- Create AKARI IR examples
- Create NED multi-freq examples
- Update
README.mdwith data hierarchy - Update
QUICK_START.md - Update
EXAMPLES_REAL_DATA.md - Add data source warnings
- Cross-reference Mass-Projection repo
| Component | Old | New | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Data | None | ESO | 50% |
| IR Data | None | AKARI | 100% |
| Multi-freq | None | NED | 100% |
| Manager | GAIA-only | Hierarchical | 80% |
| Validation | None | TODO | 0% |
| Docs | GAIA-focused | TODO | 10% |
MUST ACHIEVE:
- ESO primary data accessible
- 97.9% validation test working
- Data priority clearly documented
- Examples show ESO first, GAIA auxiliary
- Users warned about data quality differences
API Changes:
fetch_nearby()now returns AUXILIARY data (GAIA)- New:
fetch_primary()for SSZ validation (ESO) - New:
fetch_ir_map()for nebula studies (AKARI) - New:
fetch_multifreq()for Jacobian tests (NED)
Data Quality:
- OLD: 51% validation (GAIA/catalogs)
- NEW: 97.9% validation (ESO spectroscopy)
Original: 4h (GAIA-only, incomplete)
Rebuild: 10h (complete data stack)
Total: 14h project time
Current: 3h done, 9h remaining
** 2025 Carmen Wrede, Lino Casu**