pyHETobs

Package to calculate various HET, McDonald Observatory parameters

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pyHETobs

Package to calculate various HET, McDonald Observatory parameters for planning observations.

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Includes

  • Tools to calculate effective HET pupil accurately.
  • Tools to calculate track lengths, effective area for different target observations etc.
  • Tools to calculate the shadow the CCAS tower on the HET pupil

How to use it

clone this module to local computer

pip install -e /path/to/pyHETobs

Example plots

HET pupil at transit

HET pupil at transit

HET target accesibility window

HET Target accesibility window

HET effective area for different declintation targets

HET Effective area across dec

See doc/ for more examples…