Scheduler Software for the MPIfR MeerKAT S-BAND Survey

This is a simple scheduler software for the MPIfR MeerKAT S-BAND Survey.

Observations start with a flux calibrator, followed by a polarisation calibrator.
This is followed by a cycle of target and phase calibrator visits. How many targets observed before a phase calibrator is scheduled is a tunable parameter (PHASE_CALIBRATOR_CYCLE_LENGTH) in the configuration file.
We end the observation with another visit of the polarisation and flux calibrator.
Targets are scheduled with the constraint that their elevation at MeerKAT needs to be between 20 - 50 deg.
Calibrators are scheduled with the constraint that their elevation at MeerKAT needs to be between 20 - 90 deg.

How to use this software?

Edit the config file 'sband_schedule.cfg'.
Update the LST time and UTC date when you want to start observing plus the total session length in hours.
Then run the code sband_scheduler_version2.py.

Dependencies: Pandas, astropy, pytz, numpy

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backup		backup
.gitignore		.gitignore
LICENSE		LICENSE
MMGPS-SBAND_pointing_grid_final.csv		MMGPS-SBAND_pointing_grid_final.csv
README.md		README.md
SCI-20200703-MK-02.json		SCI-20200703-MK-02.json
backup_targets_already_scheduled.csv		backup_targets_already_scheduled.csv
duplicate_obs.csv		duplicate_obs.csv
find_targets_observed.py		find_targets_observed.py
generate_lst_table_sband.py		generate_lst_table_sband.py
mmgps_sband_observed.csv		mmgps_sband_observed.csv
output.csv		output.csv
rise_set_time_flux_cal.csv		rise_set_time_flux_cal.csv
rise_set_time_phase_cal.csv		rise_set_time_phase_cal.csv
rise_set_time_pol_cal.csv		rise_set_time_pol_cal.csv
rise_set_time_target.csv		rise_set_time_target.csv
sample_mmgps_sband_block.json		sample_mmgps_sband_block.json
sband_schedule.cfg		sband_schedule.cfg
sband_schedule.csv		sband_schedule.csv
sband_scheduler.py		sband_scheduler.py
sband_scheduler_version2.py		sband_scheduler_version2.py
targets_already_scheduled.csv		targets_already_scheduled.csv
targets_in_json.csv		targets_in_json.csv
targets_with_nearest_phase_cal.csv		targets_with_nearest_phase_cal.csv
test		test