Unistellar Exoplanet Campaign Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Peluso D.O.
  2. Esposito T.M.
  3. Marchis F.
  4. Dalba P.A.
  5. Sgro L.,Megowan-Romanowicz C.
  6. Pennypacker C.
  7. Carter B.
  8. Wright D.
  9. Avsar A.M.,Perrocheau A.
  10. (the Unistellar Citizen Scientists)
  11. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

This paper presents early results from and prospects for exoplanet science using a citizen science private/public partnership observer network managed by the SETI Institute in collaboration with Unistellar. The network launched in 2020 January and includes 163 citizen scientist observers across 21 countries. These observers can access a citizen science mentoring service developed by the SETI Institute and are also equipped with Unistellar Enhanced Vision Telescopes. Unistellar technology and the campaign's associated photometric reduction pipeline enable each telescope to readily obtain and communicate light curves to observers with signal-to-noise ratio suitable for publication in research journals. Citizen astronomers of the Unistellar Exoplanet (UE) Campaign routinely measure transit depths of >~1% and contribute their results to the exoplanet research community. The match of the detection system, targets, and scientific and educational goals is robust. Results to date include 281 transit detections out of 651 processed observations. In addition to this campaign's capability to contribute to the professional field of exoplanet research, UE endeavors to drive improved science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education outcomes by engaging students and teachers as participants in science investigations, that is, learning science by doing science.

Keywords
  1. Multiple stars
  2. Exoplanets
  3. Optical astronomy
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2023PASP..135a5001P
See also HTML
https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/PASP/135/A5001
IVOA Identifier IVOID
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/PASP/135/A5001

Access

Web browser access HTML
http://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/PASP/135/A5001
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/PASP/135/A5001
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/PASP/135/A5001
IVOA Table Access TAP
http://tapvizier.cds.unistra.fr/TAPVizieR/tap
Run SQL-like queries with TAP-enabled clients (e.g., TOPCAT).

History

2023-05-05T13:41:59Z
Resource record created
2023-05-05T13:41:59Z
Created
2023-10-11T10:20:53Z
Updated

Contact

Name
CDS support team
Postal Address
CDS, Observatoire de Strasbourg, 11 rue de l'Universite, F-67000 Strasbourg, France
E-Mail
cds-question@unistra.fr