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  • 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") - a literal string without the quotes

The coordinates need to be in FK5 (J2000). Not all combination of optional data make sense and the code is not robust enough to check for all the possible combinations. For instance; proper motion in RA and DEC and epoch should be all together. 

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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. 

Note
titleBackward Compatibility

The format for the input file to the Observer Target List was changed recently to be more flexible and also compatible with Slew/Dither function within the LMI LOUI. The code is compatible with the old style input file so existing tls files would still work but it is recommended to change to the new style for sake of maintenance and the added functionality that may be offered in the future. For instance, the old style input file has no means for providing rotator PA and frame.