MeerKAT LST tools

Time calculations providing LST information relative to the MeerKAT telescope

astrokat-lst.py -h

• Current LST at MeerKAT telescope:
  astrokat-lst.py

Current clock times at MeerKAT:
Now is 2018/9/20 11:19:21Z UTC and 12:42:19.57 LST

• Return MeerKAT LST for a given UTC date and time
  astrokat-lst.py --date '2018-08-06 12:34'

At 2018/8/6 12:34:00Z MeerKAT LST will be 10:59:45.92

• Calculate per target LST
  astrokat-lst.py --target 17:22:27.46877 -38:12:09.4023

Target (17:22:27.46877 -38:12:09.4023) rises at LST 11:32:33.31 and sets at LST 23:14:52.82

• Simple tool to figure out when an observation will start given the LST hour
  astrokat-lst.py --lst 10.6 --date 2018-08-06

2018-08-06 10.6 LST corresponds to 2018-08-06 12:10:17.973608Z UTC