TFOPplanner

Tools that assist with the selection of observable TESS Objects of Interest for ground-based follow-up.

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get_tois.py / get_k2ois.py

Pulls data from exofop to generate a CSV of objects of interest that will be observable from a specified observatory within a specified time interval. CSV includes useful planning info, such as SG priority and previous observations of each object.

Run with:

$ python3 get_tois.py SITE OBS_TYPE START_DATE START_TIME END_DATE END_TIME

where SITE is the observatory (lick or maunakea), OBS_TYPE is the type of observation being taken (spec or img), START_DATE/END_DATE is the date that you will start/end you observations in the timezone of the observatory (formatted as YYYY-MM-DD), and START_TIME/END_TIME is the time that you will start/end your observations in the timezone of the observatory (formatted as HH:MM).

to_jskycalc.py

Converts a csv with a list of object names and coordinates into a format readable by jskycalc.

Run with:

$ python3 to_jskycalc.py INPUT.csv

where INPUT.csv is a csv with the same headers as those in files created with the above scripts.