Package: k2flix
Create quicklook movies from the pixels observed by NASA’s Kepler/K2/TESS spacecraft.K2flix makes it easy to inspect the CCD pixel data
obtained by NASA’sKeplerandTESSspace telescopes.The need for this tool arises from the fact that all telescope data is
affected by sources of noise such as pointing jitter and foreground asteroids,
which are often more easily spotted by eye than by algorithm.This tool takes Kepler’s or TESS’sTarget Pixel Files (TPF)as input
and turns them into contrast-stretched animated gifs or MPEG-4 movies.
TheseTPF filesare publically available from theKepler archive,
theK2 archive,
or TESS simulations.K2flix can be used both as a command-line tool or using its Python API.ExampleAsteroids commonly pass in front of Kepler/K2 targets.
We can use k2flix to create a two-day animation of pixel data to view the asteroids whizzing past:$ k2flix --start 545 --stop 680 --step 1 --fps 12 --stretch linear --ut http://archive.stsci.edu\
/missions/k2/target_pixel_files/c1/201500000/72000/ktwo201572338-c01_lpd-targ.fits.gzTo see many more examples, follow@KeplerBoton Twitter!InstallationIf you have a working installation of Python on your system, you can install k2flix using pip:$ pip install k2flixAlternatively, you can get the latest version by installing from source:$ git clone https://github.com/barentsen/k2flix.git
$ cd k2flix
$ python setup.py installUsing k2flixAfter installation, thek2flixtool will be available on the command line. You can then use it as follows.To convert a Kepler pixel file to an animated gif:$ k2flix tpf-file.fits.gzTo convert a Kepler pixel file to an MPEG-4 movie:$ k2flix --o movie.mp4 tpf-file.fits.gzK2flix supports reading from web URLs, so you can generate a movie directly from the data archive:$ k2flix https://archive.stsci.edu/missions/k2/target_pixel_files/c1/201400000/00000/ktwo201400022-c01_lpd-targ.fits.gzTo see all the options, use the–helpargument to see the full usage information:$ k2flix --help
usage: k2flix [-h] [-v] [--output FILENAME] [--start START] [--stop STOP]
              [--step STEP] [--fps FPS] [--binning BINNING] [--dpi DPI]
              [--stretch STRETCH] [--min_cut MIN_CUT] [--max_cut MAX_CUT]
              [--min_percent %] [--max_percent %] [--cmap CMAP] [--flags]
              [--raw | --background | --cosmic]
              [--ut | --jd | --mjd | --bkjd | --cadence]
              tpf_filename [tpf_filename ...]

Converts a Target Pixel File (TPF) from NASA's Kepler/K2/TESS spacecraft into
an animated gif or MPEG-4 movie for human inspection.

positional arguments:
  tpf_filename       path to one or more Target Pixel Files (TPF)

optional arguments:
  -h, --help         show this help message and exit
  -v, --verbose
  --output FILENAME  .gif or .mp4 output filename (default: gif with the same
                     name as the input file)
  --start START      first frame to show. Give the frame number (default 0),
                     or a Julian Day if --jd/--mjd/--bkjd is set, or a cadence
                     number if --cadence is set.
  --stop STOP        final frame to show. Give the frame number (default: -1),
                     or a Julian Day if --jd/--mjd/--bkjd is set, or a cadence
                     number if --cadence is set.
  --step STEP        spacing between frames (default: show 100 frames)
  --fps FPS          frames per second (default: 15)
  --binning BINNING  number of cadence to co-add per frame (default: 1)
  --dpi DPI          resolution of the output in dots per K2 pixel (default:
                     choose a dpi that produces a 440px-wide image)
  --stretch STRETCH  type of contrast stretching: "linear", "sqrt", "power",
                     "log", or "asinh" (default is "log")
  --min_cut MIN_CUT  minimum cut level (default: use min_percent)
  --max_cut MAX_CUT  maximum cut level (default: use max_percent)
  --min_percent %    minimum cut percentile (default: 1.0)
  --max_percent %    maximum cut percentile (default: 95)
  --cmap CMAP        matplotlib color map name (default: gray)
  --flags            show the quality flags
  --raw              show the uncalibrated pixel counts ('RAW_CNTS')
  --background       show the background flux ('FLUX_BKG')
  --cosmic           show the cosmic rays ('COSMIC_RAYS')
  --ut               use Universal Time for annotation (default)
  --jd               use Julian Day for annotation and --start/--stop
  --mjd              use Modified Julian Day for annotation and --start/--stop
  --bkjd             use Kepler Julian Day for annotation and --start/--stop
  --cadence          use Cadence Number for annotation and --start/--stopCitingThis tool was created by Geert Barentsen at NASA’s Kepler/K2 Guest Observer Office.
If this tool aided your research, please include a citation.
The code has been registered in the Astrophysics Source Code Library [ascl:1503.001] and the preferred BibTeX entry is:@MISC{2015ascl.soft03001B,
  author        = {{Barentsen}, G.},
  title         = "{K2flix: Kepler pixel data visualizer}",
  howpublished  = {Astrophysics Source Code Library},
  year          = 2015,
  month         = mar,
  archivePrefix = "ascl",
  eprint        = {1503.001},
  adsurl        = {http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015ascl.soft03001B},
  adsnote       = {Provided by the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System},
  doi           = {10.5281/zenodo.15576},
  url           = {http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15576}
}ContributingTo report bugs and request features, please use theissue tracker.
Code contributions are very welcome.LicenseCopyright 2016 Geert Barentsen.
K2flix is free software made available under the MIT License.
For details see the LICENSE file.