PERSER

Name

perser

Purpose

Automated asteroid period search tool.

Description

Calling Sequence

perser

Inputs

Optional Input Parameters

Keyword Input Parameters

Outputs

Keyword Output Parameters

Common Blocks

Side Effects

Restrictions

Procedure

Commands:
c - choose new trial period with cursor from last pdm scan
e - edit data, to mark as good or bad
f - fit a parabola to the last pdm scan to determine best period
g - set trial period
h1 - hardcopy of all mags versus time
h2 - hardcopy of all shifted mags versus time
hl - hardcopy of phase lightcurve
hs - hardcopy of PDM scan
l - compute Lobm-Scargle periodogram
p1 - plot all mags versus time
p2 - plot shifted mags versus time
pt - plot all datasets versus time in separate windows
pp - plot all data versus phase
r - change reference night
sm - set relative shifts from nightly means
sp - scan period
v - set relative shifts best fit give current period
q - quit

Modification History

Written by Marc W. Buie, 96/10/18, Lowell Observatory
99/07/23, MWB, added hp and hs options (hardcopies)
2000/11/08, MWB, removed use of obsolete code constructs
2002/09/03, MWB, changed Str_sep call to strsplit