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Observation planning package for astronomers – maintainer @bmorris3
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Implement support for targets defined by TLE (Two-Line Element set) #566

Open michaelbaisch opened 1 year ago

michaelbaisch commented 1 year ago

Fixes #565

For get_skycoord(), I opted for the backwards compatibility option by default. There are more details in the code, but the basic question is: Do we want to be 100% backwards compatible, or do we prefer consistent output? Having said that, everything that I've tested works well like this.

The new table looks like this:

              target                  start time (UTC)         end time (UTC)     duration (min)  type          coordinates/info         configuration
--------------------------------- ----------------------- ----------------------- -------------- ------ -------------------------------- -------------
  Capella (Alpha Aurigae) (State) 2023-08-04 10:09:25.239 2023-08-04 10:09:45.239         0.3333 RA/Dec         05h16m41.4s +45d59m52.8s            {}
                  TransitionBlock 2023-08-04 10:09:45.239 2023-08-04 10:10:05.239         0.3333                                                    []
 Sirius A (Alpha Canis Majoris A) 2023-08-04 10:10:05.239 2023-08-04 11:09:25.239        59.3333 RA/Dec           06h45m08.9s -16d42m58s            {}
                  TransitionBlock 2023-08-04 11:09:25.239 2023-08-04 11:09:45.239         0.3333                                                    []
     Castor A (Alpha Geminorum A) 2023-08-04 11:09:45.239 2023-08-04 12:06:45.239        57.0000 RA/Dec             07h34m36s +31d53m18s            {}
                  TransitionBlock 2023-08-04 12:06:45.239 2023-08-04 12:07:05.239         0.3333                                                    []
       Betelgeuse (Alpha Orionis) 2023-08-04 12:07:05.239 2023-08-04 12:16:45.239         9.6667 RA/Dec         05h55m10.3s +07d24m25.4s            {}
                  TransitionBlock 2023-08-04 12:16:45.239 2023-08-04 12:17:05.239         0.3333                                                    []
                      Unused Time 2023-08-04 12:17:05.239 2023-08-04 12:24:25.244         7.3334                                                      
           Regulus (Alpha Leonis) 2023-08-04 12:24:25.244 2023-08-04 12:59:25.244        35.0000 RA/Dec         10h08m22.3s +11d58m01.9s            {}
                  TransitionBlock 2023-08-04 12:59:25.244 2023-08-04 12:59:45.244         0.3333                                                    []
Procyon A (Alpha Canis Minoris A) 2023-08-04 12:59:45.244 2023-08-04 13:30:05.244        30.3333 RA/Dec         07h39m18.1s +05d13m29.4s            {}
                  TransitionBlock 2023-08-04 13:30:05.244 2023-08-04 13:30:45.244         0.6667                                                    []
                      Unused Time 2023-08-04 13:30:45.244 2023-08-04 15:51:25.252       140.6668                                                      
           Spica (Alpha Virginis) 2023-08-04 15:51:25.252 2023-08-04 16:05:25.252        14.0000 RA/Dec         13h25m11.6s -11d09m41.9s            {}
                  TransitionBlock 2023-08-04 16:05:25.252 2023-08-04 16:06:05.252         0.6667                                                    []
                      Unused Time 2023-08-04 16:06:05.252 2023-08-04 16:26:05.253        20.0000                                                      
                            ISS 1 2023-08-04 16:26:05.253 2023-08-04 16:26:25.253         0.3333    TLE #25544 epoch 2023-08-03 06:32:29            {}
                  TransitionBlock 2023-08-04 16:26:25.253 2023-08-04 16:26:45.253         0.3333                                                    []
                      Unused Time 2023-08-04 16:26:45.253 2023-08-04 16:31:25.253         4.6667                                                      
          Arcturus (Alpha Bootis) 2023-08-04 16:31:25.253 2023-08-04 17:05:45.253        34.3333 RA/Dec         14h15m39.7s +19d10m56.7s            {}
                  TransitionBlock 2023-08-04 17:05:45.253 2023-08-04 17:06:05.253         0.3333                                                    []
                      Unused Time 2023-08-04 17:06:05.253 2023-08-04 17:47:05.256        41.0000                                                      
                      hello world 2023-08-04 17:47:05.256 2023-08-04 18:03:45.256        16.6667 RA/Dec         18h36m56.3s +38d47m01.3s            {}
                  TransitionBlock 2023-08-04 18:03:45.256 2023-08-04 18:04:25.256         0.6667                                                    []
                            ISS 2 2023-08-04 18:04:25.256 2023-08-04 18:05:05.256         0.6667    TLE #25544 epoch 2023-08-03 06:32:29            {}
                  TransitionBlock 2023-08-04 18:05:05.256 2023-08-04 18:05:45.256         0.6667                                                    []
                      Unused Time 2023-08-04 18:05:45.256 2023-08-04 20:58:05.263       172.3335                                                      
               Vega (Alpha Lyrae) 2023-08-04 20:58:05.263 2023-08-04 21:00:25.263         2.3333 RA/Dec         18h36m56.3s +38d47m01.3s            {}
                      Unused Time 2023-08-04 21:00:25.263 2023-08-04 21:00:45.263         0.3333                                                      
                         new test 2023-08-04 21:00:45.263 2023-08-04 21:17:25.263        16.6667 RA/Dec         18h36m56.3s +38d47m01.3s            {}
                  TransitionBlock 2023-08-04 21:17:25.263 2023-08-04 21:17:45.263         0.3333                                                    []
                      Unused Time 2023-08-04 21:17:45.263 2023-08-04 22:07:45.266        50.0000                                                      
           Altair (Alpha Aquilae) 2023-08-04 22:07:45.266 2023-08-04 22:37:45.266        30.0000 RA/Dec         19h50m46.9s +08d52m05.9s            {}
                  TransitionBlock 2023-08-04 22:37:45.266 2023-08-04 22:38:05.266         0.3333                                                    []
                      Unused Time 2023-08-04 22:38:05.266 2023-08-04 23:10:45.268        32.6667                                                      
              Deneb (Alpha Cygni) 2023-08-04 23:10:45.268 2023-08-04 23:15:05.268         4.3333 RA/Dec         20h41m25.9s +45d16m49.3s            {}
                  TransitionBlock 2023-08-04 23:15:05.268 2023-08-04 23:15:45.268         0.6667                                                    []
                      Unused Time 2023-08-04 23:15:45.268 2023-08-04 23:48:05.269        32.3334                                                      
                    STARLINK-4316 2023-08-04 23:48:05.269 2023-08-04 23:48:45.269         0.6667    TLE #53471 epoch 2023-08-03 18:52:55            {}
                  TransitionBlock 2023-08-04 23:48:45.269 2023-08-04 23:49:05.269         0.3333                                                    []