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Is there a way to directly access any of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey servers via SQL via Python?

Currently I have been able to run SQL queries from the website they provide (for example https://skyserver.sdss.org/dr12/en/tools/search/sql.aspx), but it's not clear to me how I can access them directly from a Python interface.

Any suggestions what connection details I would need to use are highly appreciated.

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    – Pierre Paquette
    Commented Apr 4, 2021 at 2:46

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You can do it via the astroquery SDSS module; there is a function called query_sql.

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