altuson · altuson · Feb 25, 2026 · Dec 10, 2025 · Dec 10, 2025 · Dec 10, 2025
diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
@@ -231,14 +231,15 @@ The TPF has four HDUs:
 
 - "PRIMARY" - a primary HDU containing only a header.
 - "PIXELS" - a table with the same columns as a SPOC TPF. Note that "POS_CORR1" and "POS_CORR2" are defined as the offset between the center of the TPF and the expected position of the moving object given the input ephemeris. 
-- "APERTURE" - an image HDU containing the average aperture across all times.
+- "APERTURE" - an image HDU containing the flattened aperture i.e. all pixels that are included in the time-dependent aperture at least once.
 - "EXTRAS" - a table HDU containing columns not found in a SPOC TPF. This includes "RA_PRED"/"DEC_PRED" (expected position of target in world coordinates), "CORNER1"/"CORNER2" (original FFI column/row of the lower-left pixel in the TPF), "PIXEL_QUALITY" (3D pixel quality flags identifying e.g. strap columns, non-science pixels and saturation), "APERTURE" (aperture as a function of time) and "ORIGINAL_TIME"/"ORIGINAL_TIMECORR" (time and barycentric correction derived by SPOC).
 
-The LCF has two or three HDUs (depending upon which lightcurves you created): 
+The LCF has three or four HDUs (depending upon which lightcurves you created): 
 
 - "PRIMARY" - a primary HDU containing only a header.
-- "LIGHTCURVE_AP" - a table HDU containing the aperture photomety light curve, with columns including "TIME" (timestamps in BTJD), "FLUX"/"FLUX_ERR" (flux and error from aperture photometry) and "TESSMAG"/"TESSMAG_ERR" (measured TESS magnitude and error).
-- "LIGHTCURVE_PSF" - a table HDU containing the PSF photomety light curve, with columns including "TIME" (timestamps in BTJD), "FLUX"/"FLUX_ERR" (flux and error from PSF photometry) and "TESSMAG"/"TESSMAG_ERR" (measured TESS magnitude and error).
+- "LIGHTCURVE_AP" - a table HDU containing the aperture photomety light curve, with columns including "TIME" (timestamps in BTJD), "FLUX"/"FLUX_ERR" (flux and error from aperture photometry) and "AP_QUALITY" (light curve quality flags).
+- "LIGHTCURVE_PSF" - a table HDU containing the PSF photomety light curve, with columns including "TIME" (timestamps in BTJD), "FLUX"/"FLUX_ERR" (flux and error from PSF photometry) and "PSF_QUALITY" (light curve quality flags).
+- "EXTRAS" - a table HDU containing extra information, with columns including "RA_PRED"/"DEC_PRED" (expected position of target in world coordinates), "CORNER1"/"CORNER2" (original FFI column/row of the lower-left pixel in the TPF), "ORIGINAL_TIME"/"ORIGINAL_TIMECORR" (time and barycentric correction derived by SPOC) and "SUN_DISTANCE"/"OBS_DISTANCE"/"STO_ANGLE" (distance from Sun [AU] / distance from observer (TESS) [AU] / Sun-Target-Observer angle [deg]).
 
 ## Citation
 

diff --git a/docs/tess-1980VR1-s0001-1-1-shape11x11-moving_tp.gif b/docs/tess-1980VR1-s0001-1-1-shape11x11-moving_tp.gif
diff --git a/docs/tess-1980VR1-s0001-1-1-shape11x11_lc.png b/docs/tess-1980VR1-s0001-1-1-shape11x11_lc.png
diff --git a/docs/tess-1998YT6-s0006-1-1-shape11x11-moving_tp.gif b/docs/tess-1998YT6-s0006-1-1-shape11x11-moving_tp.gif
diff --git a/docs/tess-1998YT6-s0006-1-1-shape11x11_lc.png b/docs/tess-1998YT6-s0006-1-1-shape11x11_lc.png
diff --git a/docs/tutorials/tutorial1_basics.ipynb b/docs/tutorials/tutorial1_basics.ipynb
diff --git a/docs/tutorials/tutorial2_rotation_periods.ipynb b/docs/tutorials/tutorial2_rotation_periods.ipynb
diff --git a/docs/tutorials/tutorial3_multiple_apertures.ipynb b/docs/tutorials/tutorial3_multiple_apertures.ipynb
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ nav:
   - Tutorials:
     - Tutorial 1 - Basics: tutorials/tutorial1_basics.ipynb
     - Tutorial 2 - Measuring rotation period: tutorials/tutorial2_rotation_periods.ipynb
+    - Tutorial 3 - Multiple apertures: tutorials/tutorial3_multiple_apertures.ipynb
 
 repo_url: https://github.com/altuson/tess-asteroids
 

diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "tess-asteroids"
-version = "1.4.3"
+version = "1.5.0"
 description = "Create TPFs and LCs for solar system asteroids observed by NASA's TESS mission."
 license = "MIT"
 authors = ["Amy Tuson <amy.l.tuson@nasa.gov>",
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ packages = [{include = "tess_asteroids", from = "src"}]
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = ">=3.9, <3.13"
-tess-ephem = "^0.6.3"
+tess-ephem = "^0.6.4"
 tesscube = "^1.2"
 numpy = "^1.26.4"
 pandas = "^2.0"

diff --git a/src/tess_asteroids/__init__.py b/src/tess_asteroids/__init__.py
@@ -40,10 +40,11 @@
 # Default bad bits for SPOC quality masking, as recommended in TESS archive manual
 # (https://outerspace.stsci.edu/display/TESS/2.0+-+Data+Product+Overview)
 default_bad_spoc_bits = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 13, 15]
-# Default bad bits for LC quality masking
+# Default bad bits for LC quality masking: at least one pixel inside mask is non-science, saturated
+# or negative raw flux.
 default_bad_lc_bits = [2, 4, 10]
 
-__version__ = "1.4.3"
+__version__ = "1.5.0"
 __all__ = ["MovingTPF"]
 
 from .movingtpf import MovingTPF  # noqa: E402