sunpy-soar Documentation

A sunpy Fido plugin for accessing data in the Solar Orbiter Archive (SOAR).

Installation

sunpy-soar requires python >= 3.10 and sunpy >= 6.0. Currently it can be installed from PyPI using:

pip install sunpy-soar

or conda using

conda install -c conda-forge sunpy-soar

sunpy-soar and the VSO

sunpy-soar queries the official repository of Solar Orbiter data, the SOAR. The Virtual Solar Observatory (VSO) as of writing (September 2022) mirrors a subset of the Solar Orbiter archive alongside many other solar physics data sources. The VSO allows data from multiple missions/observatories to be easily queried in one go, but users should be aware that the VSO is not the official repository for Solar Orbiter data and does not currently (as of September 2022) provide a comprehensive listing of all available Solar Orbiter data.

Getting Help

For more information or to ask questions about sunpy-soar or any other SunPy Project library, check out:

• sunpy-soar documentation

• SunPy chat

• SunPy mailing list

• SunPy community forum

Contributing

If you would like to get involved, start by joining the SunPy Chat and check out our Newcomers’ guide. This will walk you through getting set up for contributing.