Code for scheduling dual site observations from Birr and Onsala LOFAR stations.
It produces schedules in the iLiSA format and the RÉALTA format.
Exoplanets are queried from the NASA Exoplanet Archive and filtered to only target exoplanets discoverd by TESS. The list of pulsars and their properties are pulled from the ATNF catalogue.
Running shcedule.sh in a bash terminal will create a schedule using the default parameters - observe from 20:00 UTC on the next Tuesday to 04:00 UTC the next Wednesday.
In order to schedule your own custom parameters run schedule_options.sh in a bash terminal.
schedule.sh creates a folder ./outputs/ which contains the schedules in both formats as .txt files. Also contains graphs of the optimal observation times for the targets as well as the actual observation times (in RA/LST).
schedule_options.sh creates a folder ./outputs_options/ which contains the schedules in both formats as .txt files. Also contains graphs of the optimal observation times for the targets as well as the actual observation times (in RA/LST).
The scheduling script requires a number of python modules in order to successfully query the respective databases. They can all be installed using pip.
Astroquery can be installed using
python -m pip install -U --pre astroquery
psrqpy is installed by
python -m pip install psrqpy
It also requires more common modules: numpy, astropy, matplotlib and datetime.
The scripts used on the Birr and Onsala blc00 machines to process the data collected during the 8 hour observation sessions over the summer.
The scripts are different in each place purely due to different file structures and names on each machine.
- Add ability to automatically choose a flare star to observe.
- Finish switching over to fully object-oriented