open_k2sff

lcps.lcps_io.open_k2sff(filename)

Extract a light curve from a ‘K2SFF’ ascii file. The default aperture light curve data of this product are not strictly ‘comma-separated’ and lead to crashes when opened by standard Astropy ascii I/O functions.

Parameters:

filename : str

file name of the ascii file containing the photometry

Returns:

filename : str

The filename serves as a unique identifier for the object

photometry : Astropy table

Columns contain time, flux