Michael Kelley

pyoorb is now pip installable. Using pip will help with testing against specific oorb versions. The data is not packaged with the pypi package, so some thought is needed on...

This is a request for * [x] a new feature * [ ] an enhancement to existing sbpy functionality * [ ] somethings else: [explain here] The requested changes will...

Cannot build documentation with code marked using multiple directives

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[Edit by @bsipocz]: This seems to be a generic issue, not just with the specific directives below. Most recently we run into the issue with using `doctest-remote-data::` along with `plot::`...

Feature request: Support image coordinates from EBT dictionary

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The Earth Based Telescope dictionary, e.g., https://pds.nasa.gov/datastandards/dictionaries/index-1.20.0.0.shtml#ebt , contains classes to convert pixels to sky coordinates. Can pds4_tools support ``? Especially useful for data reviews would be the ability to...

New ephemeris generation via command-line script

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A "simple" program to show the ephemeris of an object, with options for Horizons, Minor Planet Center, and Miriade. sbpy installation now installs a script named ``sbpy-ephem``. Some examples: ##...

Add to the hints and tricks section guidance on searching for comets, e.g., with `closest_apparition` and `no_fragments`, and possibly `id_type='designation'` vs `'smallbody'`.

Surfaces and shapes

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This issue is for designing new classes around the concepts of surfaces and shapes, with the goal of being able to model surface reflectance, thermal emission, and observations of arbitrary...

Deprecate ginga_plugins.

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Deprecate the `CometaryEnhancements` class and the `ginga_plugins` submodule itself. Also, add a deprecation message to the `CometaryEnhancements` gui, in case users are not watching the console. There is no documentation...

Cometary designations are not fully supported: ``` In [22]: Names.to_packed("73P") --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TargetNameParseError Traceback (most recent call last) Cell In[22], line 1 ----> 1 Names.to_packed("73P") File /disks/data0/astro/Projects/sbpy/sbpy/data/names.py:194, in Names.to_packed(s) 190 raise...

## High-level problem description Invalid cometary designations with a fragment specifier are successfully packed. ## What did you do? ``` In [3]: Names.to_packed("2024 A-A") Out[3]: 'K24A00a' ``` Note that the...