Sector 71



Sector 71 Information

For full data release notes see: DRN100 For a list of TIC IDs with noted issues, see this list.

Sector Summary

  • Sector dates: October 16 to November 11 2023
  • Pointing: Ecliptic
  • Days of Science Data Collection: 25.3
  • Days of Paused Data Collection: 0.63



    • Spacecraft Pointing (deg)

    RA dec roll
    Spacecraft 77.34 22.22 275.0
    Camera 1 40.03 14.98 17.32
    Camera 2 64.55 20.68 9.69
    Camera 3 90.32 22.75 180.02
    Camera 4 116.1 20.69 170.34



    Orbit Summary

    Orbits Dates (UTC)

    Start - End

    		 Cadence #

    Start - End

    		 Momentum dumps
    149a 2023-10-16 - 2023-10-22 1444734 - 1449387 1
    149b 2023-10-23 - 2023-10-29 1449539 - 1454077 1
    150a 2023-10-29 - 2023-11-04 1454229 - 1458660 1
    150b 2023-11-05 - 2023-11-11 1458811 - 1463410 1



    Sector Notes

    Noted Issue Description
    Jupiter: Jupiter enters the field of view of Camera 1 CCD 4 midway through orbit 149a (TJD ∼3237.82; Cadence Number 1447460). Jupiter’s appearance on the detector severely contaminates the trailing/leading black and smear calibration regions for the slice A readout columns (Columns 45 – 556), and the calibration of slice A is compromised for the entire sector. As a result of Jupiter’s light spilling into the calibration regions, the trailing/leading black levels fit along detector rows and the smear estimate fit along detector columns exhibit strong spatial gradients. Targets and FFI data on the Camera 1 CCD 4 slice A readout region are not correctly calibrated. The remaining readout slice B, C, D (columns 557 – 2092) regions for Camera 1 CCD 4 are not impacted by the calibration issues due to Jupiter. Data quality flags in the target and FFI data products for this region do not indicate when the calibration is compromised on slice A. Targets on this slice have unreliable photometry.
    Spacecraft pointing: The pointing in Sector 71 was set at -0.7 degrees in ecliptic latitude with the cameras aligned parallel to the ecliptic plane. Camera 1 and then Camera 4 were individually used for guiding in Orbits 149a and 149b, respectively. Camera 1 was used for guiding in Orbit 150a and Cameras 1 and 4 in 150b.
    Scattered light: In Sector 71, the Earth introduces scattered light signals at the beginning of each orbit, and the Moon strongly impacts all cameras at the end of Orbit 149 and beginning of Orbit 150.