docs: def ingest(self):
          """ingest the veron catalogue into the catalogues database
  
          See class docstring for usage.
          """
          self.log.debug('starting the ``get`` method')
  
          dictList = self._create_dictionary_of_veron()
  
          tableName = self.dbTableName
          createStatement = """
      CREATE TABLE `%(tableName)s` (
        `primaryId` bigint(20) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT COMMENT 'An internal counter',
        `B_V` float DEFAULT NULL,
        `U_B` float DEFAULT NULL,
        `abs_magnitude` float DEFAULT NULL,
        `dateCreated` datetime DEFAULT  CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
        `decDeg` double DEFAULT NULL,
        `magnitude` float DEFAULT NULL,
        `raDeg` double DEFAULT NULL,
        `class` varchar(10) COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci DEFAULT NULL,
        `name` varchar(100) COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci DEFAULT NULL,
        `redshift` float DEFAULT NULL,
        `not_radio` varchar(10) COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci DEFAULT NULL,
        `magnitude_filter` varchar(10) COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci DEFAULT 'V',
        `htm16ID` bigint(20) DEFAULT NULL,
        `redshift_flag` varchar(100) COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci DEFAULT NULL,
        `spectral_classification` varchar(100) COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci DEFAULT NULL,
        `dateLastModified` datetime DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
        `updated` varchar(45) DEFAULT '0',
        `htm10ID` bigint(20) DEFAULT NULL,
        `htm13ID` bigint(20) DEFAULT NULL,
        PRIMARY KEY (`primaryId`),
        UNIQUE KEY `radeg_decdeg` (`raDeg`,`decDeg`),
        KEY `idx_htm16ID` (`htm16ID`),
        KEY `idx_htm10ID` (`htm10ID`),
        KEY `idx_htm13ID` (`htm13ID`)
      ) ENGINE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=168945 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 COLLATE=utf8_unicode_ci;
  """ % locals()
  
          self.add_data_to_database_table(
              dictList=dictList,
              createStatement=createStatement
          )
  
          self.log.debug('completed the ``get`` method')
          return None