gaiacmd 0.3.0

Gaia CMD plotter for TESS white dwarf pulsation catalogs

GaiaCMD

A Python package for plotting Gaia Color-Magnitude Diagrams for TESS white dwarf pulsation catalogs.

Give it a CSV of TIC IDs — it queries Gaia EDR3 and produces a CMD with all your targets plotted.

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Install

pip install gaiacmd

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Usage

Python

from gaiacmd import run_cmd, plot_cmd

state = run_cmd("my_tics.csv")
plot_cmd(state)

Command line

gaiacmd --csv my_tics.csv

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Input format

A CSV file with a TIC column:

TIC
141872267
123456789
987654321

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Output

• A Gaia CMD figure with your WD targets plotted as red dots
• A grey background cloud of field stars (1° radius per target)
• The DAV (ZZ Ceti) instability strip overlay
• Saved as gaia_cmd_wds.png

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Resume support

Progress is saved to a checkpoint file after every TIC. If the run is interrupted, just re-run the same command — it will pick up where it left off. Delete gaia_cmd_checkpoint.pkl to start fresh.

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Options

Argument	Default	Description
--csv	required	Path to your TIC list CSV
--tic-column	TIC	Column name for TIC IDs
--output	gaia_cmd_wds.png	Output figure filename
--checkpoint	gaia_cmd_checkpoint.pkl	Checkpoint file path
--log	skipped_tics.log	Skipped objects log path
--radius	1.0	Gaia cone search radius in degrees

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Citation

If you use this package in your research, please cite the Gaia EDR3 catalog and the TESS mission.

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Author

Nikoohn