Hotfix for noisy or drifting background imaging

• HOTFIX
  • Modify flux calculations to ignore empty data cutouts and workaround with intelligent defaults
    • This impacts broad ranging data sets that are either noisy or drifting toward edge of frame

HOTFIX -- What's Changed

• Issue 1340: Resolve TypeError for noisy or drifting background imaging by @ivenzor in #1341

New Contributors

• Recognition for contributing to Exoplanet Watch

Full Changelog: 4.2.2...4.2.3

Hotfix for installing and temporary disable of comp star automation

• HOTFIX
  • Fix to alleviate new installation issues due to module import errors
  • Temporary default to no for synchronizing with AAVSO comp stars until revised solution in next release

HOTFIX -- What's Changed

• Issue 1331: Fix importlib module import error that resulted in inconsistent std library usage by @ivenzor in #1332
• Issue 1125: Temporarily disabling automatic AAVSO Comp Star synchronization for Colab users by @tamimfatahi in #1335

New Contributors

• Recognition for contributing to Exoplanet Watch

Full Changelog: 4.2.1...4.2.2

Plotting enhancements, data precision improvements and API modernization

• HOTFIX
  • Updated array of user request/response queries at CLI to fix missing value descriptions
  • Add missing comparison star default values for reduction inputs
• Fix scales on field of view (FOV) plots and axial range setting
  • Set circular reticule to red when aperture photometry is selected
  • Add opt_method, aper and annulus labels to legend
• Properly scale bound for host star isolation in plate solutions
  • Account for J2000 RA and DEC
  • Bound user coordinates for accuracy (limit 5 point spread function[PSF])
  • Update conditions for using PSF versus aperture identification
• Stability improvements in querying and analyzing known archive priors
• Dependency updates to support Python 3.12+
• Various enhancements, bug fixes and stability improvements

HOTFIX -- What's Changed

• Issue #1125: Include AAVSO comparison stars as default during initialization file construction for Colab by @tamimfatahi in #1329
• Issue #1327: Adding in additional planetary parameter prompts for proper motion values by @tamimfatahi in #1328

What's Changed

• Issues #1099, #1317: Modifying margin from 100" to using PSF for user-entered coordinates and updating coordinates with proper motion by @tamimfatahi in #1318
• Issue #1303: FOV legend to either display annulus or aperture depending on optimal method chosen by @IraLeeBell in #1315
• Issue #1310: Fixing plate scale format on FOV Plots by @ivenzor in #1311
• Issue #1313: Use urllib.parse.quote for URL-encoding the ADQL query (Part 1) by @ivenzor in #1312
• Issue #1313: Using Regex to Query Planet Name (Part 2) by @tamimfatahi in #1314
• Issue #1322: General security updates for application dependencies by @jpl-jengelke in #1323

New Contributors

• Recognition for contributing to Exoplanet Watch

Full Changelog: 4.1.0...4.2.1

RV querying, secure publishing and documentation updates

• Introducing the EXOTIC user chatbot -- A guided help system
• Scripts to promote radial velocity (RV) archive querying with joint fit analysis
• Resolution improvement of field of view (FOV) plots
• Enable trusted publishing on the Python Package Index (PyPi)

What's Changed

• Issue #1298: Improving FOV Plots by @tamimfatahi in #1299
• Issue #1287: Implement trusted publishing by @jpl-jengelke in #1300
• Issue #1281: Add rv scripts for joint fit by @sdcorle1 in #1296
• Issue #1218: Introducing the EXOTIC user chatbot! Plus, further updated documentation and fixed links by @pearsonkyle in #1297

New Contributors

• @sdcorle1 made their first contribution in #1296

Full Changelog: 4.0.1...4.1.0

Stellar variability, TESS processing, API enhancements and bug fixes

• Calculate exoplanet host star magnitudes and make file for user upload to the AAVSO International Database (AID)
• Scrape comparison stars from AAVSO using either a pre-existing or downloaded plate solution
• Extend plate solution download timeouts
• TESS candidate processing capabilities:
  • Quick assessment/joint analysis script (toi_indiv_lc.py) to rapidly perform a reduction based on pre-existing inits
  • Global fit reduction processing (toi.py)
  • Scripts to aid in setting initial processing defaults (inits) for candidates
• Fix for Bokeh breaking API changes (#1290)
• Fix for documentation not showing in Markdown READMEs (#1289)
• Various modern build improvements, enhancements and bug fixes

What's Changed

• Issue #563: Add support for fpack based extensions by @mikeprimm in #1251
• Issue #1125: Fix for AAVSO comp additions - particularly when one matches target star by @mikeprimm in #1253
• Issue #1164: Printing variable star name and coordinates by @tamimfatahi in #1238
• Issue #1229: Bug for removing variable stars by @tamimfatahi in #1237
• Issue #1235: Changing fitting prior from a/Rs to inc by @tamimfatahi in #1236
• Issue #1240, #1094, #1067: Bringing back AID Uploads by @tamimfatahi in #1242
• Issue #1259: Updating Centroid Plots by @tamimfatahi in #1260
• Issue #1264: Plate solution timeout extension ... by @IraLeeBell in #1270
• Issue #1265: Add candidate inits file maker script by @noguerfederico in #1266
• Issue #1273: Add tess_individ_lc.py for individual TESS time series extraction and fitting by @noguerfederico in #1262
• Issue #1274/#1275 add toi_indiv_lc.py, add for_toi_py_candidate_inits_maker.py and update README.md by @noguerfederico in #1280
• Issue #1282: Update and normalize build system, add fixed timeout vars by @jpl-jengelke in #1283
• Issue #1285: Fix for malformed variable name breaking Dynesty/Windows reductions by @ivenzor in #1286

New Contributors

• @ivenzor made their first contribution in #1286
• @IraLeeBell made their first contribution in #1267
• @noguerfederico made their first contribution in #1266

Full Changelog: 3.3.0...4.0.1

API light curve fitter enhancements and doc improvements

• Modify lightcurve fitting and charting to support large data set display when generated by JPL backend processes
• API optimization
• Improved examples and TESS documentation

What's Changed

• Use-case document + fix to multi-lc fitter for citisens by @pearsonkyle in #1228
• Minor updates for releasing LC Fitting by @jpl-jengelke in #1231
• New example + API clean up by @pearsonkyle in #1234
• Release EXOTIC 3.3.0 by @jpl-jengelke in #1233

Full Changelog: 3.2.4...3.3.0

Hotfix for height

What's Changed

• change height from int to float by @rzellem in #1227

Full Changelog: 3.2.3...3.2.4

Knobs and levers for reduction API logging

• Add verbosity controls to limit logging through the EXOTIC data reduction API
• Bug fixes for module imports

What's Changed

• Update reduction API to fully suppress logging by @jpl-jengelke in #1224
• Release EXOTIC 3.2.3 by @jpl-jengelke in #1225

Full Changelog: 3.2.2...3.2.3

Limb darkening and filter matching API improvements

• Improved filter matching and presentation logic
• API improvements to support isolation of Limb Darkening functionality into OOP components
• Integrating new filter logic with UI -- Clarify and simplify filter selection

What's Changed

• Minor bug fixes and unified filter detection by @jpl-jengelke in #1214 and #1215
• Issue 1165: Checking datasets for MObs and Conforming w/ New Limb Darkening Updates by @tamimfatahi in #1217
• Additional filter modifications by @jpl-jengelke in #1219
• Release merge for EXOTIC 3.2.1 by @jpl-jengelke in #1220

Full Changelog: 3.2.0...3.2.2

Tess Enhancements and Filter Detection Improvements

What's Changed

• Updated Instructions for Installing TESS code by @pearsonkyle in #1209
• Filter logic modifications to extend matching by @jpl-jengelke in #1211
• Follow on to Filter logic modifications to extend matching by @jpl-jengelke in #1212
• Release Tess Enhancements and Filter Detection Improvements by @jpl-jengelke in #1213

Full Changelog: 3.1.0...3.2.0