Using Python to Create Light Curves of White Dwarf Stars

The light curves of variable white dwarfs can be used to measure pulsational properties of single white dwarfs and geometric properties of white dwarfs in binaries. These properties can assist our understanding of the structure and evolution of various white dwarfs. We will introduce a new program to analyze photometry collected with the SOAR Telescope. This program is written entirely in Python. We will present initial results looking at two pulsating white dwarfs and discuss ways to improve our program.