Astronomy
Search or browse the names, descriptions and image URLs for various categories of celestial phenomena including:
- Asterisms
- Celestial Objects
- Stars
- Planets
- Star Systems
- Galaxies
- Moons
- Comets
- Asteroids
- Constellations
- Nebulae
- Astronomical Discoveries
- Clusters
- Meteor Showers
Data source: Freebase
For example, here is the entry on the Big Dipper:
{
"name" => "Big Dipper",
"description" => "The Big Dipper, also known as the Plough, is an asterism of seven stars recognized as a distinct grouping in many cultures. These stars are the brightest of the formal constellation Ursa Major; six of them are second magnitude stars, while only Megrez is of third magnitude. The North Star, the current northern pole star on Earth, can be located by extending an imaginary line from Merak through Dubhe. Polaris is part of the \"Little Dipper\", Ursa Minor.",
"images" => [
[0] "https://usercontent.googleapis.com/freebase/v1/image/m/02dd6yz",
[1] "https://usercontent.googleapis.com/freebase/v1/image/m/04shvsk"
],
"detailed_info" => "https://www.googleapis.com/freebase/v1/topic/m/09csbt"
}
Search over 600K of user curated data.
Installation
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'astronomy'And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install astronomy
Usage
Get all of the data as a hash:
info = Astronomy::Information.new
info.dataGet a full list of categories:
info = Astronomy::Information.new
info.categoriesGet a list of topics from a given category:
info = Astronomy::Information.new
info.topics 'Comet'Search both names and descriptions:
info = Astronomy::Information.new
info.search 'moon'Contributing
- Fork it ( https://github.com/[my-github-username]/astronomy/fork )
- Create your feature branch (
git checkout -b my-new-feature) - Commit your changes (
git commit -am 'Add some feature') - Push to the branch (
git push origin my-new-feature) - Create a new Pull Request