{"action":"opened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/dkirkby/bossdata/issues/87","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/dkirkby/bossdata/issues/87/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/dkirkby/bossdata/issues/87/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/dkirkby/bossdata/issues/87/events","html_url":"https://github.com/dkirkby/bossdata/issues/87","id":98276327,"number":87,"title":"Decode IAU identifiers","user":{"login":"dkirkby","id":185007,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/185007?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/dkirkby","html_url":"https://github.com/dkirkby","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dkirkby/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dkirkby/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dkirkby/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dkirkby/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dkirkby/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dkirkby/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dkirkby/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dkirkby/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dkirkby/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2015-07-30T22:12:19Z","updated_at":"2015-07-30T22:12:19Z","closed_at":null,"body":"@NobleKennamer asked about finding quasars based on their [IAU identifiers](http://classic.sdss.org/dr7/coverage/IAU.html).  This issue is to create a function, e.g.\r\n```\r\nra,dec = decode_IAU_identifier('J090439.50+221050.3')\r\n```\r\nWhich module does this belong in?  Perhaps a new `bossdata.util` module?"}}