Transit Ephemerides

This is an updated version of Neale Gibson's Ephemeris code for calculating the times of exoplanet transits

Synopsis

This script works out the visible transits for a list of objects and observatories.

1. Observatories are specified as per the observatories2 file
2. Target's ephemrides are specified as per the targets/Planets file

There are several utility scripts also available in the utils/ directory:

1. whatsUpTonight.py - shows which objects are transiting tonight (currently for LaPalma only)
2. refineEphemeris.py - refines the period to match a given transit mid-point
3. updateNGEphem.py - grabs updated planet parameters from ETD needs updating

Code Example

To get the transit times for targets in NITES_2016.txt between 1st Dec 2016 and 31st Dec 2016 do:

python ephemeris2.py targets/NITES_2016.txt observatories2 2016-12-01 2016-12-31

where the observatory required is uncommented in the observatories2 file. Target files are now stored in targets/ directory as they can build up and clutter the parent folder.

Motivation

To study exoplanet transits you need to know when they occur

Installation

Clone this repo using:

git clone [email protected]:WarwickAstro/transit-ephemerides.git

Contributors

Neale Gibson, James McCormac

License

MIT License