TESS Target (TIC) Vetting

TIC_Vetting.ipynb - a Jupyter notebook that can be used a template for vetting / inspecting a particular TIC.

• A visual walkthrough
• it downloads the lightcurves of a given TIC, and let you inspect it in a variety of ways, including:
  • show zoomed-in plots
  • visualize transit period
  • check against background spikes
• it can also download the Target Pixel File, so that one can inspect it in per-pixel fashion.
  • useful for checking against contamination from nearby stars.

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Others: Interactive Subject Lightcurve Viewer

An interactive (but more limited) one that uses the data available on the Planet Hunters TESS subject page, without relying on MAST Portal.

Instructions:

1. Goto the subject page of a star (example) on Planet Hunters TESS
2. Click the 2 button below the lightcurve. The data in json format will be shown.
3. Copy the data and paste it to the Lightcurve data textbox in the notebook.
4. The lightcurve will be plotted. You can then explore it using the controls to zoom in, show the curve in moving average, etc.

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Others: TCE Finder

TCE_Finder.ipynb - a Jupyter notebook that can be used a web-based tool to look up TCEs. Useful when TCEs are not yet available on exo.mast.

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Learn More

• About Planet Hunters TESS
• Light curve
• Exoplanets detection methods