read_source_catalog
- jwst.lib.catalog_utils.read_source_catalog(catalog_name)[source]
Read a source catalog from file or validate an existing QTable.
- Parameters:
- catalog_namestr or
QTable Either the filename of a source catalog in ECSV format, or an existing Astropy QTable containing the catalog data.
- catalog_namestr or
- Returns:
- catalog
QTable The source catalog as a table.
- catalog
- Raises:
- ValueError
If an empty filename string is provided.
- FileNotFoundError
If the specified catalog file cannot be found.
- TypeError
If the input is neither a string filename nor a QTable instance.