Sentences with phrase «ecliptic fields»
Ecliptic fields will be observed for approximately 75 - days enabling a unique exoplanet survey which fills the gaps in duration and sensitivity between the Kepler and TESS missions, and offers pre-launch exoplanet target identification for JWST transit spectroscopy.
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In the spacecraft's extended mission in 2013, it lost its ability to precisely stare at its original target area, but a brilliant fix created a second life for the telescope that is proving scientifically fruitful.After the fix, Kepler started its K2 mission, which has provided an ecliptic field of view with greater opportunities for Earth - based observatories in both the northern and southern hemispheres.
Not exact matches
K2 will use an innovative way of operating the spacecraft to observe target fields along the ecliptic for the next 2 - 3 years.
The cameras on TESS afford it a 24 by 96 degree field of view, which will stretch from the celestial pole down to about six degrees above the ecliptic plane.
The cameras are aimed in an arrangement that stacks their field of view areas vertically, one atop the other, in a total 24 - by - 96 degree observation sector from the ecliptic to the celestial pole.
The new mission, dubbed K2, has provided the capability of observing a series of independent target fields in the ecliptic plane with greater opportunities for Earth - based observatories in both the northern and southern hemispheres.