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[ascl:1806.027] fcmaker: Creating ESO-compliant finding charts for Observing Blocks on p2

fcmaker creates astronomical finding charts for Observing Blocks (OBs) on the p2 web server from the European Southern Observatory (ESO). It automates the creation of ESO-compliant finding charts for Service Mode and/or Visitor Mode OBs at the Very Large Telescope (VLT). The design of the fcmaker finding charts, based on an intimate knowledge of VLT observing procedures, is fine-tuned to best support night time operations. As an automated tool, fcmaker also allows observers to independently check visually, for the first time, the observing sequence coded inside an OB. This includes, for example, the signs of telescope and position angle offsets.

Code site:
https://fpavogt.github.io/fcmaker/ https://pypi.org/project/fcmaker/
Described in:
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018A%26C....25...81V
Bibcode:
2018ascl.soft06027V
Preferred citation method:

Please see citation information here: https://fpavogt.github.io/fcmaker/acknowledge.html


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