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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. An example is shown below with all the optional data included:
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#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 required parameters 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 be edited 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.
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#title=true ra=true dec=true epoch=true muRA=true muDec=true magnitude=true dRA=true dDec=true rotatorPA=true rotatorFrame=true
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"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 second line is a simple separator and is required.
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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The fields should all be separated by at least one space and the columns in the input file do not have to line up but extra spaces can be inserted so that they are more readable for the user. Magnitude is included in case the observer wishes to sort the table based on brightness. It is not used by the TCS.
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It is possible to edit an item in the table and send the modified target to the TCS. Double clicking on a cell should go to the edit mode and after the editing is done, the row needs to be selected again by clicking some where else and clicking back on the edited row. Up and Down arrows can also be used for row selection. Please verify that the intended values are echoed in the upper panel before sending the target to the TCS. First row in the table (ID=0) is a special row for sending a target that was not in the input file. All the cells are filled with default values which are meant to be edited by the observer.
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