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The list is loaded into the app via a text file and displayed in a table. The first 2 lines in the input file are meta data containing information about the optional data.

#title=true ra=true dec=true epoch=true muRA=true muDec=true magnitude=true dRA=true dDec=true rotatorPA=true rotatorFrame=true 
#
"Vega - Alpha Lyrae" 18:36:56.336 +38:47:01.28  2000 200.94 286.23 0.03 1.0 2.0 3.0 Target
"HR 173 - HD 3795" 00:40:32.809 -23:48:17.56 2000 635.18 -363.56 6.14 1.0 2.0 3.0 Fixed

Title, Right Ascension, and Declination are mandatory columns and the rest are optional. The first line of the meta data declares which columns will be supplied in the input file. The order of the columns cannot change and the only thing that can change in the first line is the true/false value for the column. In other words, the first line has to include all the parameters shown above.

#title=true ra=true dec=true epoch=true muRA=true muDec=true magnitude=true dRA=true dDec=true rotatorPA=true rotatorFrame=true 
#
"Vega - Alpha Lyrae" 18:36:56.336 +38:47:01.28  2000 200.94 286.23 0.03 1.0 2.0 3.0 Target
"HR 173 - HD 3795" 00:40:32.809 -23:48:17.56 2000 635.18 -363.56 6.14 1.0 2.0 3.0 Fixed

The columns are:

• title or name (surrounded in double quotes) - this will be send to the TCS and the science target name
• Right Ascension (hh:mm:ss.sss) - the seconds can be either integer or float
• Declination (+/-dd:mm:ss.ss) - plus sign is optional for the degrees, and arc-seconds can be either integer or float
• epoch
• Proper Motion in RA (mas/yr) - this is the angular measurement used by most catalogs: μαcos(δ)
• Proper Motion in Dec (mas/yr) - μδ
• Magnitude
• differential tracking rate in RA (arc seconds/hour)
• differential tracking rate in DEC (arc seconds/hour)
• rotator Postion Angle (degrees)
• rotator Frame ("Target" or "Fixed")

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