Changelogs

2.0.0 current

• Summary

  • Version 2.0.0 introduces breaking changes as it transitions to a new backend for TESS and CHEOPS.

  • The CHEOPS download module has been reworked, as such, some functions are now deprecated.

  • The Sun webapp download functionality has been reworked (to be the same as the CHEOPS module).

  • The OpenData module has been phased out in favor of a new DOI module that will be released in the future.

  • Documentation has been fully reworked

• General changes

  • Changed default file-output location to the current working directory (previously defaulted to home directory, which could introduce clutter).

  • Updated catalog module to align with backend changes :

    • Catalogs are moving to their own module.

    • This version introduces these changes for the CHEOPS and TESS catalogs.

• TESS Module

  • New backend for TESS

  • Added access to TESS catalogs (TIC, TOI)

  • Reworked coordinate-search methods :

    • Compability with the new TESS backend.

    • Added support for TOI and TIC catalogs. (Meaning you may now search for TOIs using a cone search)

  • Updated documentation and examples

• CHEOPS Module

  • New backend for CHEOPS

  • Download module has been reworked :

    • Deprecated old download functionalities in favor of a single download method download()

      • Deprecate : download_files()

      • Deprecate : download_diagnostic_movie()

    • Deprecate old product listing functionalities in favor of the new browse_products() method.

      • browse_products() Allows you to list all available data products for a given CHEOPS visit before downloading them.

      • Deprecate : list_data_product()

    • Faster downloads by disabling compression

      • Add the possibility to download files without compression using the new download_files() method with the compressed=False argument.

      • To keep backwards compatibility, the default value for compressed is set to True.

        • This is the default behavior of the previous version, which will return a tar.gz archive.

      • It is recommended to switch to compressed=False as this will largely increase download performance.

      • The output format will change based on the compressed argument:

        • If compressed=True (default), the output will be a tar.gz file.

        • If compressed=False, the output will be a a .tar file

      • In regards to the size increase caused by using compressed=False :

        • Due to their binary structure and frequent use of data like floating-point arrays, FITS files typically compress poorly with gzip, resulting in marginal file size reduction.

        • The size increase when using compressed=False is expected to be minimal, around 5-10% larger than the compressed version.

        • This tradeoff is considered acceptable given the significant performance improvement in download speed.

  • Updated documentation and examples

• Exoplanets Module

  • Now supports the new ‘Atreides’ catalog

    • You may use the query_database() method to query both catalogs.

    • By default, the PlanetS catalog is used so there is no impact on existing code.

• Sun Module

  • The Sun module has been reworked to use the new backend.

  • The download functionality has been reworked to be the same as the CHEOPS module.

    • Deprecate the download_files() method in favor of the download() method.

  • The methods to download public data from the Sun database now query the server directly rather than interfacing through the API, which should improve performance.

    • download_public_release_all()

    • download_public_release_ccf()

    • download_public_release_timeseries()

• Documentation

  • New frontend and style

  • New, simpler navigation between modules

  • Rework the search functionality. (Use ⌘+k on mac or ctrl+k on windows)

  • Updated the documentation with new examples and code snippets

  • Updated the TESS and CHEOPS modules in the docs to reflect the new backend and functionalities

  • Replaced large static lists with dropdowns to reduce visual clutter.

  • Refactored code snippets across all modules to support new styling

  • Added copy-to-clipboard function for code snippets

1.2.3

• Reverted the required setuptools version to below 77.0.0 due to changes in how the license is reported in pyproject.toml.

  • This avoids requiring a newer setuptools version that is not yet available in conda.

1.2.2

• Fixed a bug where column names in the Simbad result of astroquery module were updated to be lowercase.

• Changed “IDS” to “ids”.

1.2.1

• New standalone webapp for the Sun module.

• Sun.get_timeseries() is deprecated and has been removed. Use query_database() instead.

1.2.0

• New Hipparcos data in the Astrometry module

  • Query the Hipparcos catalog for a specific target : Astrometry.query_hipparcos_database()

  • Query the Hipparcos Intermediate Astrometric Data (IAD) for a specific target : Astrometry.get_hipparcos_timeseries()

• Updated the tests that were failing due to previous updates in the databases

1.1.0

• Cheops module

  • List data products for a specified visit : Cheops.list_data_product()

  • Download specific files using exact filenames: Cheops.download_files()

• Fixes

  • Duplicated log issue

  • Download issue (with the accessing results method)

• Code improvements

• Enhanced documentation

1.0.1

The first public release of the dace-query package

• Use dace’s rest endpoints to retrieve datas

• Handle dace authentication using a .dacerc file

• New modules added

  • astrometry

  • atmosphericSpectroscopy

  • catalog

  • cheops

  • cheops

  • exoplanet

  • imaging

  • lossy

  • monitoring

  • opacity

  • opendata

  • photometry

  • population

  • spectroscopy

  • sun

  • target

  • tess