Searching for Solar Orbiter data using Solar Distance attribute

This example demonstrates how to search and download Solar Orbiter data using sunpy.net.Fido. To do this, we can build a query based on several attributes.

The Distance attribute allows us to specify a range of distances from the Sun in astronomical units (AU).

import astropy.units as u

from sunpy.net import Fido
from sunpy.net import attrs as a

We shall start with constructing a search query with instrument, level, detector, and distance.

instrument = a.Instrument("EUI")
time = a.Time("2022-10-29 05:00:00", "2022-10-29 06:00:00")
level = a.Level(2)
detector = a.Detector("HRI_EUV")
distance = a.soar.Distance(0.45 * u.AU, 0.46 * u.AU)

Now do the search without time attribute.

result = Fido.search(instrument & level & detector & distance)
result

Results from 1 Provider:

37130 Results from the SOARClient:

QueryResponseTable length=37130

Instrument	Data product	Level	Start time	End time	Filesize	SOOP Name	Detector	Wavelength
					Mbyte
str3	str25	str2	str23	str23	float64	str48	str7	float64
EUI	eui-hrieuv174-image-short	L2	2022-10-29 04:59:58.222	2022-10-29 04:59:58.252	0.112	R_SMALL_HRES_HCAD_Atmospheric-Dynamics-Structure	HRI_EUV	174.0
EUI	eui-hrieuv174-image-short	L2	2022-10-29 04:59:58.222	2022-10-29 04:59:58.252	0.112	R_SMALL_HRES_HCAD_Atmospheric-Dynamics-Structure	HRI_EUV	174.0
EUI	eui-hrieuv174-image	L2	2022-10-29 05:00:00.231	2022-10-29 05:00:01.881	5.599	R_SMALL_HRES_HCAD_Atmospheric-Dynamics-Structure	HRI_EUV	174.0
EUI	eui-hrieuv174-image	L2	2022-10-29 05:00:00.231	2022-10-29 05:00:01.881	5.599	R_SMALL_HRES_HCAD_Atmospheric-Dynamics-Structure	HRI_EUV	174.0
EUI	eui-hrieuv174-image-short	L2	2022-10-29 05:00:03.222	2022-10-29 05:00:03.252	0.109	R_SMALL_HRES_HCAD_Atmospheric-Dynamics-Structure	HRI_EUV	174.0
EUI	eui-hrieuv174-image-short	L2	2022-10-29 05:00:03.222	2022-10-29 05:00:03.252	0.109	R_SMALL_HRES_HCAD_Atmospheric-Dynamics-Structure	HRI_EUV	174.0
EUI	eui-hrieuv174-image	L2	2022-10-29 05:00:05.221	2022-10-29 05:00:06.871	5.57	R_SMALL_HRES_HCAD_Atmospheric-Dynamics-Structure	HRI_EUV	174.0
EUI	eui-hrieuv174-image	L2	2022-10-29 05:00:05.221	2022-10-29 05:00:06.871	5.57	R_SMALL_HRES_HCAD_Atmospheric-Dynamics-Structure	HRI_EUV	174.0
EUI	eui-hrieuv174-image-short	L2	2022-10-29 05:00:08.243	2022-10-29 05:00:08.273	0.109	R_SMALL_HRES_HCAD_Atmospheric-Dynamics-Structure	HRI_EUV	174.0
...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
EUI	eui-hrieuv174-image	L2	2026-02-14 20:59:05.274	2026-02-14 20:59:08.924	5.279	R_BOTH_HRES_HCAD_Filaments	HRI_EUV	174.0
EUI	eui-hrieuv174-image	L2	2026-02-14 20:59:10.274	2026-02-14 20:59:13.924	5.36	R_BOTH_HRES_HCAD_Filaments	HRI_EUV	174.0
EUI	eui-hrieuv174-image	L2	2026-02-14 20:59:10.274	2026-02-14 20:59:13.924	5.36	R_BOTH_HRES_HCAD_Filaments	HRI_EUV	174.0
EUI	eui-hrieuv174-image	L2	2026-02-14 20:59:15.274	2026-02-14 20:59:18.924	5.27	R_BOTH_HRES_HCAD_Filaments	HRI_EUV	174.0
EUI	eui-hrieuv174-image	L2	2026-02-14 20:59:15.274	2026-02-14 20:59:18.924	5.27	R_BOTH_HRES_HCAD_Filaments	HRI_EUV	174.0
EUI	eui-hrieuv174-image	L2	2026-02-14 20:59:20.273	2026-02-14 20:59:23.923	5.282	R_BOTH_HRES_HCAD_Filaments	HRI_EUV	174.0
EUI	eui-hrieuv174-image	L2	2026-02-14 20:59:20.273	2026-02-14 20:59:23.923	5.282	R_BOTH_HRES_HCAD_Filaments	HRI_EUV	174.0
EUI	eui-hrieuv174-image	L2	2026-02-14 20:59:25.376	2026-02-14 20:59:29.026	5.619	R_BOTH_HRES_HCAD_Filaments	HRI_EUV	174.0
EUI	eui-hrieuv174-image	L2	2026-02-14 20:59:25.376	2026-02-14 20:59:29.026	5.619	R_BOTH_HRES_HCAD_Filaments	HRI_EUV	174.0

Now do the search with time attribute.

result = Fido.search(instrument & level & detector & distance & time)
result

Results from 1 Provider:

0 Results from the SOARClient:
Errors: HTTPConnectionPool(host='soar.esac.esa.int', port=80): Read timed out. (read timeout=60)

QueryResponseTable length=0

To then download the data, you would use Fido.fetch(result), which will download the data locally.

🏷 Tags: Acquiring Data, SOAR, Solar Orbiter