Published June 29, 2021 | Version v2.0.1
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AltaiPony - Flare science in Kepler, K2 and TESS light curves

Creators

  • 1. Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam, Germany

Contributors

  • 1. UT Austin
  • 2. NASA Ames Research Center

Description

AltaiPony is a toolbox for statistical flares studies on photometric time series from Kepler, K2, and TESS, including flare search and characterization, injection/recovery diagnostics, and statistical analysis of flare frequency distributions along with extensive documentation and tutorials.

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References

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