pyObsFind 0.5.0

Package to find when solar system objects are observable

READ ME

Purpose:

The purpose of this code is to find when a list of solar system objects are observable from a given observatory on Earth in order to aid proposal writing.

It will create:

• A csv of the JPL Horizons call for all the objects across the semester
• A csv summary of the median value for each night
• A pdf of nightly elevation charts and summary tables for all objects visible
• A pdf with summary charts to show how the observability and target properties change over the course of the full semester

The documentation can be found at pyObsFind documentation.

Installation

First, install the package with pip:

pip install pyobsfind

How to run

This package is designed to be run from the command line.

To run the package use python -m obsfind.run [target_list] [start_date] [end_date] [optional args]

For example, the most simplistic command to run the package is:

python -m obsfind.run path/to/example_targets.txt 2025-08-07 2025-08-10

altering the path to example_targets.txt as necessary