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box-least-squares
Box Least Squares (BLS) periodogram for detecting transiting exoplanets and eclipsing binaries. Use when searching for periodic box-shaped dips in light curves. Alternative to Transit Least Squares, available in astropy.timeseries. Based on Kovács et al. (2002).
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Installation and usage
Box Least Squares (BLS) periodogram for detecting transiting exoplanets and eclipsing binaries. Use when searching for periodic box-shaped dips in light curves. Alternative to Transit Least Squares, available in astropy.timeseries. Based on Kovács et al. (2002).
Installation
$ install --globalskills.sh
Usage
Once installed, you can use this skill by running the following command in your terminal:
skills use box-least-squares