Quick reference

Long term scheduling

SPOCK has a module SPOCK.long_term_scheduler that contains all the required functions and classes to create appropriate plans (in the form of night blocks sequences) for the SPECULOOS telescopes. This module is suited for SPECULOOS core program targets, see Sebastian et al. 2020 for details on this target list.

Schedules class

Others functions

Short term scheduling

SPOCK also has a module SPOCK.short_term_scheduler that contains all the required functions and classes to add any external observations to existing (or not existing) plans. This includes all observations related to SPECULOOS external programs.

Schedules class

Others functions

Plots

SPOCK also has a module SPOCK.plots_scheduler that contain all the required functions to show visibility plots or gantt charts, useful to keep track of scheduled observations and/or target observability.

Visibility plots

Gantt chart

ACP files

SPOCK also has modules SPOCK.txt_files and SPOCK.make_night_plans that contain all the required functions to convert the night blocks to ACP readable files.

ACP files

Convert night blocks