NATS Apps

Welcome to NATS Apps, a collection of tools for undergraduate students learning about the Natural Sciences.

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Data Plotter

An application for loading two-column .csv files, with or without a header, for analysis

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Data Modeler

An application for loading two-column .csv files, with or without a header, for comparison to a model. Available models include linear, power-law, exponential, sinusoidal, and gaussian.

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Exoplanet Temperature Calculator

An application for determining the approximate temperature of an exoplanet orbtiing a fixed orbital distance away from a star of known luminosity. Temperature options include:

  • Equiblirium Temperature: Incoming solar energy is balanced against energy emitted by the exoplanet.
  • Effective Temperature: Attempts to also account for the presence of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
  • Surface Temperature: Attempts to also account for surface temperature being higher than effective temperature due to pressure and atmospheric effects.

Additional references include:

  • Indiana University Planet Temperature Calculator (https://astro.indiana.edu/outreach/teaching-resources/web-based-tools.html)
  • Bennet, J. et al. (2022), Life in the Universe 5th Edition.
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Exoplanet Radial Velocity Curve Simulation

An application for exploring how different properties of an exoplanetary system will affect the host star's observed radial velocity curve. The application allows for the loading of a two-column .csv file, with or without a header, for comparison to models. Only one-planet systems are currently supported. Note that hovering over select variables provides some additional information.

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Exoplanet Transit Light Curve Simulation

An application for exploring how different properties of an exoplanetary system will affect the host star's observed light curve. The application allows for the loading of a two-column .csv file, with or without a header, for comparison to models. Only one-planet systems are currently supported. Note that hovering over select variables provides some additional information.

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Notes:

Please cite Webb, J.J., 2026, NATS Apps , https://webbjj.github.io/NATSApps.github.io/ if using one of these applications.

There applications were made with the help of:

  • Duckett, J., 2011, HTML & CSS: design and build websites , John Wiley & Sons , Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana
  • Duckett, J., 2011, JAVASCRIPT & JQUERY: interactive front-end web development , John Wiley & Sons , Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana

While Generative AI was used in exploring different templates, functionality options, and debugging, the applications presented here were written in their entirety by the author.