on a 3.7 deg2 microlensing aperture. - Other notable targets included: - Lagoon Nebula - >20 O-type stars - Quaoar - Calibrated data to hit the archive next week. - Microlensing science team is preparing detrended difference imaging maps for public release.
- 14,000 targets, including M9, M19, NGC 6293, NGC 6355, Terzan 5 (globular clusters); also Titan, Enceladus, Trojan asteroids. Campaign 12 (Dec-Mar 2017) - Aquarius / Pisces; high galactic latitude (-60°). - Targets include TRAPPIST-1 and comet Chiron. Campaign 13 (Mar-May 2017) - Taurus; low galactic latitude (-15°). - Targets include the Hyades and members of the Taurus star-forming region.
currently being solicited. - Small programs (<1,000 targets) eligible for funding up to $50,000. - Large programs (>=1,000 targets) eligible for up to $150,000; must provide a value-added community product. Deadlines: Nov 3 (Step 1) & Dec 15 (Step 2)
latitude (+50°). - Notable targets: - Wolf 359 (nearby late-M dwarf at 2.4pc) - WASP 104 (bright G dwarf w/ transiting hot Jupiter) - Leo I Group (M95, M96, M105)
- Small overlap with Campaign 2. - Notable targets: - Upper Sco - HIP 78530 (B star w/ directly imaged low-mass companion) - HD 134439 / HD 134440 (metal-poor proper motion pair) - Asteroid Ryugu (to be visited by the Hayabusa 2 sample-return mission in 2018)
galaxies to capture >20 Type Ia Supernovae. Science goals include: -probing the circumstellar environments of the progenitors; -getting a detailed view of lightcurve variations; -improving the use of supernovae as standard candles. Also: -improving constraints on supernova frequencies; -searching for optical counterparts of fast radio bursts. A workshop will be held at Ames in Feb or Mar (TBC) to organize the simultaneous ground-based observing efforts.
in a 121-point dither pattern to sample its Pixel Response Function (PRF). - The PRF model was published by Bryson et al. (2010). - The underlying 15-minute cadence pixel data is now being processed for its first public release.
Campaigns were originally processed using a preliminary version of the pipeline. - These are now being re-processed: - adds lightcurves (long cadence); - adds collateral data products; - improves calibration in short cadence.
up a “Visiting Scientist” program to enable users to spend several weeks or months embedded in the Kepler/K2 office. -Ideally suited for users wishing to understand Kepler data in depth.