Cycle 3 selected programs announced

On July 4, 2020 TESS will begin its extended mission. This also marks the beginning of Cycle 3 of the TESS GI program. There are a number of changes in how TESS operates that start with Cycle 3, including a new 20-s cadence mode, all FFI data being taken at …

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Record number of TESS GI proposals received

The TESS Guest Investigator program Cycle 3 closed in January. We received a record number of proposals in Cycle 3, which is the first extended mission cycle. A total of 155 proposals were submitted, these a mix of Small, Large, and Key Project proposals. The proposals are currently under review …

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TESS pointing during Year 2

During certain sectors of Year 2, the Earth and/or Moon are very close to or inside the pre-planned fields-of-view of cameras 1 and 2 for long periods, reducing the number of days useful for transit detections by those two cameras to as few as 7-10 days per sector. The …

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