Merge branch 'main' of https://github.com/igorandreoni/RubinToO2024

README.md

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 - light curves plots
 - exposure time calculator (ETC) to convert exposure times to limiting magnitudes and vice-versa
 - time budget calculations
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+## to use on Colab:
+we proovided a Google Colab notebook version of this notebook at https://drive.google.com/file/d/10fRrqK9eDnaR2Va7RoYAkSlaVEAr5zMb/view?usp=sharing
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+To use this notebook: 
+- open the link 
+- click on "Open with Colab" (if that is not your default at this point you will see the ugly json file)
+- save a copy of the notebook in your Drive (you do not have permission to edit the notebook directly)
+<img width="446" alt="Screen Shot 2024-03-18 at 11 23 50 AM" src="https://github.com/fedhere/RubinToO2024/assets/1696902/da4af5ff-5d9f-4d1b-92c3-32f09cf00dd5">
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+- run the top cells of the notebook to connect mount your google drive, you will have some pop-up windows to go through at this point and give permissions
+<img width="272" alt="Screen Shot 2024-03-18 at 11 14 09 AM" src="https://github.com/igorandreoni/RubinToO2024/assets/1696902/32788762-cd39-42d8-b3b3-11f4adc16234">
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+- run the cells that clone the original repo
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+- you will only need to run this once, after the first time you run the notebook 
+<img width="629" alt="Screen Shot 2024-03-18 at 11 25 53 AM" src="https://github.com/fedhere/RubinToO2024/assets/1696902/79b8d46d-acd8-4ec2-9352-5e7671eae572">