Calibrated Full-frame Images for the TESS Quick Look Pipeline
Michael Fausnaugh, Christopher J. Burke, G. Ricker, R. Vanderspek
Abstract
Abstract We describe calibrated TESS images that serve as the input to the MIT Quick Look Pipeline, which we are releasing as a High Level Science Product (HLSP). We also outline the python package tica , which we use to fully calibrate the raw pixels and apply astrometric registration in the form of World Coordinate Solutions. This HLSP could serve as a means for delivering calibrated Full Frame Images to the public promptly after downlink from the spacecraft, which occurs every two weeks. This capability would potentially enable new science investigations with TESS data such as fast follow-up of transient sources and determination of new solar system object ephemerides.
Topics & Concepts
EphemerisComputer sciencePipeline (software)Computer graphics (images)Python (programming language)PixelFrame (networking)SpacecraftComputer visionArtificial intelligenceEngineeringAerospace engineeringOperating systemTelecommunicationsSatelliteStellar, planetary, and galactic studiesSolar and Space Plasma DynamicsAstronomy and Astrophysical Research