Retrieves the full set of photometry parameters from the FORS2 quality control archive (http://archive.eso.org/bin/qc1_cgi?action=qc1_browse_table&table=fors2_photometry), from date_from to date_to, formats them conveniently for numpy to read, and writes them to disk at the location given by output.

Parameters¶

output: str¶

The location on disk to which to write the file.

fil: str = 'I_BESS'¶

The filter for which the data is to be retrieved. Must be “I_BESS”, “R_SPEC”, “b_HIGH” or “v_HIGH”.

date_from: str = '2017-01-01'¶

The date from which to begin.

date_to: str | None = None¶

The date on which to end.

Returns¶

The table of parameters, as a string.