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ProductsData Products Basics: Reading and Using TESS Data Product Contents



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Beginner: Ways

 Ways

To Query the TESS Input Catalog (TIC) and Candidate Target List (CTL)




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Beginner

6.1

- Search the TIC centered on HD 209458.

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Walkthroughs: Browser-Based | Using API

Use the MAST Portal to search


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Search the TIC centered on HD 209458 to find all dwarfs in the catalogs.


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  • Portal: Catalog Cone Search
  • MAST Name Resolver
  • Portal: Post-search Filtering
  • Portal: Export Search Results Grid

6.1 - Search the TIC centered on HD 209458.

Walkthroughs Browser-Based | Using API

Use the MAST Portal to search the TIC centered on HD 209458 to find all dwarfs in the catalogs.



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Beginner - Find high proper motion M dwarfs in the southern hemisphere from the TIC.

Walkthroughs: Browser-Based


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Search for high proper motion M dwarfs in the southern hemisphere from the TIC.


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  • Portal:
Catalog Cone Search
  • MAST Name Resolver
  • Portal: Post-search Filtering
  • Portal: Export Search Results Grid
    • Advanced Search




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    Beginner - Find southern hemisphere K dwarfs.

    Walkthroughs Browser-Based


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    Find all southern hemisphere K dwarf stars based on TIC temperature.


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    Tools Used:

    • CasJobs SQL Query Interface





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    Beginner

    6.2

    - Search the exoCTL centered on K2 Campaign 2.

    Walkthroughs: Browser-Based

    | Using APIUse the MAST Portal to search


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    Search the exoCTL centered on the K2 Campaign 2 field.


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    • Portal: Catalog Cone Search
    • Portal: Export Search Results Grid

    6.3 - Find dwarfs in the TIC with 2000 K < T_eff < 3500 K and ???.

    Walkthroughs Browser-Based | Using API




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    Beginner

    6.4

    - Export a Portal table in the Goddard Mission Office format.

    Walkthroughs: Browser-Based

    | Using API

    6.5 - Find southern hemisphere K dwarfs.

    Walkthroughs Browser-Based | Using API

    Use MAST CasJobs to query all southern hemisphere K dwarf stars based on TIC temperature.

    Tools Used:

    • CasJobs SQL Query Interface
    Anchorscience-casesscience-casesScience-Case-Driven Searches of TESS Data Products
    Cone Search Centered On 47 Tuc - Walkthroughs Browser-Based | Using API

    Description:

    Get TESS light curves for all 2-minute cadence targets within a specified radius centered on the globular cluster 47 Tuc.

    Tools Used:

    • Portal: Cone Search
    • MAST Name Resolver
    • Portal: Specify A Search Radius
    • Portal: Add Data To Basket
    • Portal: Filter Inside Basket For Specific Data Products

    Download UV and TESS Data For A List Of White Dwarfs - Walkthroughs Browser-Based | Using API

    Description:

    Upload a target list of white dwarfs, cross-match with the TIC in Portal, then do a spatial cross-match of the resulting table with MAST footprints, filter on UV mission data, add UV data AND TESS products to basket, and download all files with a wget/cURL output option.

    Tools Used:

    • Portal: Target Upload
    • Portal: Spatial Cross-Match With the TIC
    • Portal: Spatial Cross-Match With MAST Observation Footprints
    • Portal: Post-Search Filter
    • Portal: Add Data To Basket
    • Portal: Basket Download Options
    Look For Transients In FFI's In Nearby Galaxies - Walkthroughs Browser-Based | Using API

    Description:

    Use FFI cutout tool to extract areas centered on nearby galaxies to search for extragalactic transients north of -30 degrees. The declination limit is chosen so that higher resolution PanSTARRS data are also available for post-detection analysis.

    Tools Used:


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    Select a subset of output columns to export from a Portal search results table.


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    Tools Used:

    • Portal: Edit Columns
    • Portal: Export Search Results Grid









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    Beginner: Reading and Using TESS Data Products




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    Beginner: Read And Display A Calibrated Full Frame Image (FFI)

    Walkthroughs: Using API


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    Load and display a TESS full frame image, using the world coordinate system information to convert pixel to celestial coordinates in the plot.



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    Beginner: Read and Plot A Light Curve File

    Walkthroughs: Using API


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    Load and plot the contents of a TESS light curve file. Plot the flux timeseries contained with the file, and display the pixels used in the photometric aperture.



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    Beginner: Tour Light Curve and Target Pixel File Contents

    Walkthroughs: Using API


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    Walk through the basic contents of the TESS 2-minute cadence, time-series files (light curve files and target pixel files.)




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    Beginner: Read And Display A Target Pixel (TP) File and Aperture

    Walkthroughs: Using API


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    Load and plot the contents of a TESS target pixel file. Display the flux values of the collected pixels from a single cadence. Identify the pixels used in the photometric aperture.



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    Beginner: Read and Plot A Data Validation Time Series File

    Walkthroughs: Using API


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    Load and plot the contents of a TESS data validation timeseries file. Plot the detrended flux timeseries contained within the file.



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    Beginner: Using MAST TESS Search Interfaces




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    Beginner - Searching For And Retrieving TESS Mission Products

    Walkthroughs: Browser-Based


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    Shows how to use the MAST Portal and/or astroquery.mast to search for TESS mission products, including pre- and post-search filtering, how to use the download basket, and how to specify for certain types of products when requesting a download.


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    Tools Used:

    • astroquery
    • Portal: Pre-search Filtering
    • Portal: Post-search Filtering
    • Portal: Download Basket




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    Beginner - Get Data Products For A Guest Investigator Proposal.

    Walkthroughs: Browser-Based | Using API


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    Use advanced search in the Portal to find and download all data products for a given Guest Investigator Proposal ID.


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    Tools Used:

    • Pre-constructed bulk download scripts (browser-based)
    • Portal: Advanced Search (astroquery)




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    Beginner - TESSCut (API: with URL Requests).

    Walkthroughs: Browser-Based | Using API


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    A review of how to use TESSCut through the URL using the requests library in Python.


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    Tools Used:

    • TESSCut GUI (browser-based)
    • TESSCut (through URL requests)



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    Beginner - Introduction To exo.MAST.

    Walkthroughs: Browser-Based | Using API


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    An introduction to exploring known planets and planet candidates (including TESS Threshold Crossing Events, TCEs) using the exo.MAST portal.


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    Tools Used:

    • exo.mast








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    Beginner - Downloading Data Validation Products Through Astroquery

    Walkthroughs: Using API


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    Shows how to download Data Validation (DV) products through astroquery.mast for a given object, and then shows how to display some of the contents.


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    • astroquery



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    Beginner - Download All Full Frame Images By Sector.

    Walkthroughs: Browser-Based


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    Use the pre-constructed bulk download scritps to retrieve large numbers of full frame images from MAST using cURL commands.


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    Tools Used:

    • Pre-constructed bulk download scripts.



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    Beginner - TESSCut (API: with Astroquery).

    Walkthroughs: Browser-Based | Using API


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    A review of how to use TESSCut in Astroquery to make a cutout of Full Frame Images.


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    Tools Used:

    • TESSCut GUI (browser-based)
    • TESSCut (Astroquery version)




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    Beginner - TAP Service.

    Walkthroughs: Using API


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    How to use TAP services to get a footprint from a specific Sector+camera+chip TESS FFI and then do a search for TESS mission data products that fall within exactly that footprint on the sky.


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    • TAP







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    Intermediate: Science-Case-Driven Searches of TESS Data Products






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    Intermediate - Explore the TESS Pixel Response Function

    Walkthroughs:  Using API


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    Work with the FITS formatted TESS PRFs to extract an image that represents a single star located at a specified location on the detector. TESS PRF models provide the inter-pixel response and the across-detector shape of a single star as it travels through the optics and falls on the detector

    Get All 2-Min. TESS Targets With Long-Period Kepler Transits - Walkthroughs Browser-Based | Using API

    Description:

    Use MAST CasJobs to get the TESS target IDs that have 2-minute cadence data and a Kepler Threshold Crossing Event (TCE) with an orbital period greater than some specified value.

    Tools Used:
    Make A Download Script From A GI Proposal - Walkthroughs Browser-Based | Using API

    Description:

    Given a list of TIC or TOI IDs from a GI proposal, use a pre-bundled script to download all the target pixel files for those targets.

    Tools Used:
    Download Bulk Bundles of TESS Data Products - Walkthroughs Browser-Based | Using API

    Description:

    Use Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) at MAST to download pre-bundled collections of Full Frame Images from one camera from one sector and all extracted, 2-minute light curves in the JWST Southern Continuous Viewing Zone.

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    Get All Bright TESS Targets Inside the JWST Southern CVZ - Walkthroughs Browser-Based | Using API

    Description:

    Do a pre-search filter to get all TESS 2-minute cadence targets that lie within the JWST Southern Continuous Viewing Zone that are brighter than a specified H magnitude and load those results inside the Portal.

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    Full Frame Images
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    Target Pixel Files
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    Light Curve Files
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    Data Validation Time SeriesTutorial: link hereDescription here

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