K2flix: Kepler pixel data visualizer
Abstract
K2flix makes it easy to inspect the CCD pixel data obtained by NASA's Kepler space telescope. The two-wheeled extended Kepler mission, K2, is affected by new sources of systematics, including pointing jitter and foreground asteroids, that are easier to spot by eye than by algorithm. The code takes Kepler's Target Pixel Files (TPF) as input and turns them into contrast-stretched animated gifs or MPEG-4 movies. K2flix can be used both as a command-line tool or using its Python API.
- Publication:
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Astrophysics Source Code Library
- Pub Date:
- March 2015
- Bibcode:
- 2015ascl.soft03001B
- Keywords:
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- Software;
- NASA;
- Kepler