Marshall Engine Release Notes

adding tns-marker into the TNS search requests fixed atlas and panstarrs image stamp to download from new URLs

v1.0.9 - May 7, 2021

  • REFACTOR: resurrection code optimised to resurface a few more objects

  • REFACTOR: some MySQL queries rewritten and table indexes added to optimise common queries

  • REFACTOR: ATLAS forced photometry plotting code refactored to bring plots in-line with those produced by ATLAS forced photometry server. Biggest improvement is the more robust clipping of outlying data points.

v1.0.8 - March 17, 2021

  • REFACTOR: Occasional check to make sure all akas are set (i.e. more than just for transients discovered in the last 3 weeks).

  • FIXED: Links to the ASASSN Sky Patrol now added to all TNS reported ASASSN transient names (credentials discoverable in hover-over tool-tip)

  • FIXED: ATel comments where getting added correctly to associated object but ticket “ATel” drop-up menu was missing some ATel links occasionally.

v1.0.7 - February 20, 2021

  • ENHANCEMENT: Added cleanup function at end of ingests so objects appear in inbox quicker and akas are updated more frequently

  • REFACTORING: Reduced the crossmatch radius from 7 to 4 arcsec (it is easier to merge than split transients later on)

v1.0.6 - January 29, 2021

  • FEATURE: match transients to astronotes (not yet visualised in the webapp)

  • ENHANCEMENT: HTM indexing added the transientBucketSummaries table so we can spatially crossmatch

v1.0.5 - January 13, 2021

  • REFACTORING: atel parsing and matching within the marshall database now upgraded

v1.0.4 - January 11, 2021

  • REFACTORING: some database schema changes for latest version of Sherlock to run.

  • FIXED: added a function to recalculate sherlock original radii for merged sources. Fixes webapp visualisation.

  • FIXED: reduced number of ATLAS LC to be generated in a single batch.

v1.0.3 - December 10, 2020

  • REFACTORING: reading settings from marshall config folder instead of marshallEngine

  • FIXED: the save location of lightcurve files was resulting in files not being found in webapp

v1.0.2 - November 14, 2020

  • feature PS2 survey added as a new import (discoveries, lightcurves and stamps)

v1.0.1 - October 20, 2020

  • REFACTORING: added time filtering on ATLAS summary CSV file (thanks Ken)

  • FIXED: small fix to panstamp location map downloader

v1.0.0 - May 28, 2020

  • Now compatible with Python 3.* *