LoadPointingFile#

tilepy.include.RankingObservationTimes.LoadPointingFile(tpointingFile)[source] [edit on github]#

Load pointings from a file.

Reads a pointings file with columns for time, RA, and Dec, returning an astropy Table with the loaded pointings.

Parameters:

tpointingFile (str) – Path to the pointing file to load.

Returns:

Pointings – Table containing the pointings with columns: ‘Pointing’, ‘Time’, ‘RA[deg]’, and ‘DEC[deg]’.

Return type:

astropy.table.Table

Notes

The input file should contain the following columns (whitespace-delimited):

  • time1: Date part of the timestamp (string)

  • time2: Time part of the timestamp (string, may include fractional seconds)

  • ra: Right ascension in degrees (string/float)

  • dec: Declination in degrees (string/float)