SPB guide star photometry with MOST

Autor(en)

Rainer Kuschnig, Michael Gruberbauer, Markus Hareter, Werner Wolfgang Weiss

Abstrakt

MOST, the first Canadian space telescope (launched in June 2003), was designed primarily to perform high-precision photometry of bright stars (V ? 6) nearly continuously over long time spans of up to 60 days. In the past five years, the capabilities of MOST have been extended and enhanced to allow photometry of stars as faint as V?13. MOST has monitored more than 1100 stars, most of which are guide stars in the fields containing Primary Science Targets. Many variable stars have been discovered in this large guide star sample, spread across the HR Diagram, including more than 30 SPB (Slowly Pulsating B) stars. For this class of stars, MOST offers excellent time coverage, precision and frequency resolution.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Astrophysik

Journal

Communications in Asteroseismology

Band

158

Seiten

217-218

Anzahl der Seiten

2

ISSN

1021-2043

Publikationsdatum

2009

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

103003 Astronomie

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/18b8f04e-9c78-4828-aacf-2cc4e88e1a1f