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How TESS maps out the sky and looks for dips in light from stars caused by planets orbiting them. It stars at one region for a few weeks, then moves to look at a neighboring region, then repeats the processes

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How TESS maps out the sky and looks for dips in light from stars caused by planets orbiting them. It stars at one region for a few weeks, then moves to look at a neighboring region, then repeats the processes

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Erin M. May, PhD (_astronomay@mastodon.online)'s status on Tuesday, 17-May-2022 09:42:29 CEST Erin M. May, PhD
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How does this work in real life?
We have telescopes that stare at stars in the sky waiting for the amount of light measured from them to change!
Currently TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) is looking for planets all over the night sky by staring at one region of the sky and then moving slightly to look at another region
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