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




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Beginner - Search the TIC centered on HD 209458.

Walkthroughs: Browser-Based | Using API


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Use the MAST Portal to search 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



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

Walkthroughs: Browser-Based | Using API


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


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  • Portal: Advanced Search




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Beginner - Find southern hemisphere K dwarfs.

Walkthroughs Browser-Based | Using API


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


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Beginner - Search the exoCTL centered on K2 Campaign 2.

Walkthroughs: Browser-Based | Using API


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Use the MAST Portal to search Search the exoCTL centered on the K2 Campaign 2 field.


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




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

Walkthroughs: Browser-Based | Using API


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


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  • Portal: Edit Columns
  • Portal: Export Search Results Grid
  • Tool 1
  • Tool 2









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Beginner: Reading and Using TESS Data Product ContentsProducts




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

Walkthroughs: Using API


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Description hereLoad 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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Description hereLoad 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.)

Tools Used:

  • Tool 1
    • Tool 2




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

    Walkthroughs: Using API


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    Description hereLoad 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

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    Time Series File

    Walkthroughs: Using API


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



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    IntermediateBeginner: Using MAST TESS Search Interfaces




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    Intermediate - Portal.

    Beginner - Searching For And Retrieving TESS Mission Products

    Walkthroughs: Browser-Based | Using API


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    A review of Portal functionality: pre-search filtering ("advanced search"), spatial cross-matching, plotting, Virtual Observatory searches based on TIC IDShows 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:
    Advanced Search
    • Pre-search Filtering
    • Portal:
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    • search Filtering
    • Portal:
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    • Download Basket




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    Intermediate - TESSCut

    Beginner - Get Data Products For A Guest Investigator Proposal.

    Walkthroughs: Browser-Based | Using API


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    An introduction to using TESSCut to make target pixel files from full frame images without downloading the original full frame imagesUse 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)TESSCut




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    Intermediate - TAP Service

    Beginner - TESSCut (API: with URL Requests).

    Walkthroughs: Browser-Based | Using API


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    A review of TAP services for TESShow 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)TAP



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    Intermediate

    Beginner - Introduction To exo.

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    MAST.

    Walkthroughs: Browser-Based | Using API


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    An introduction to exploring known planets and planet candidates (including TESS Objects of Interest, TOIsThreshold Crossing Events, TCEs) using the exo.mast MAST portal.


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    • exo.mast








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

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    Intermediate - Cone Search Centered On 47 Tuc.

    Beginner - Downloading Data Validation Products Through Astroquery

    Walkthroughs: Browser-Based | Using API


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



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    Intermediate - Look For Transients In FFI's In Nearby Galaxies

    Beginner - Download All Full Frame Images By Sector.

    Walkthroughs: Browser-Based | Using API


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


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    • TESSCutPre-constructed bulk download scripts.



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    Intermediate - Make A Download Script From A GI Proposal

    Beginner - TESSCut (API: with Astroquery).

    Walkthroughs: Browser-Based | Using API


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    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 targetsA 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)Tool 1




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    Intermediate - Get All Bright TESS Targets Inside the JWST Southern CVZ

    Beginner - TAP Service.

    Walkthroughs Browser-Based | : Using API


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    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 PortalHow 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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    Tools Used:

    • CasJobs SQL Query InterfaceTAP







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    Intermediate - Download UV and TESS Data For A List Of White Dwarfs.

    Walkthroughs: Browser-Based | Using API

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    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.

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    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
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    Intermediate -

    Get All 2-Min. TESS Targets With Long-Period Kepler Transits.

    Explore the TESS Pixel Response Function

    Walkthroughs: Browser-Based |   Using API


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    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.

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    • CasJobs SQL Query Interface
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    Intermediate - Download Bulk Bundles of TESS Data Products.

    Walkthroughs Browser-Based | Using API

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    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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    Tool 1

    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.