Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific · 2014 · 228 citations · 19 references
Natural SciencesAstronomyPhysicsAstrophysicsOptical AstronomyStellar AstronomyAstrometric InstrumentationMassive StarsSpace-based Gamma-ray ObservatoriesStellar EvolutionStellar PhotometryYoung Stellar ObjectsData ProcessingHigh-precision PhotometryIntrinsic Stellar ColorsMission DesignNuclear Burning StagesObservation Mission DesignOptical Telescope SystemsPhotometry
BRITE-Constellation (where BRITE stands for BRIght Target Explorer) is an inter-national nanosatellite mission to monitor photometrically, in two colours, the brightness and temperature variations of stars generally brighter than mag(V) ≈ 4, with precision and time coverage not possible from the ground. The current mission design consists of six nanosats (hence Constellation): two from Austria, two from Canada, and two from Poland. Each 7 kg nanosat carries an optical telescope of aperture 3 cm feeding an uncooled CCD. One instrument in each pair is equipped with a blue filter; the other with a red filter. Each BRITE instrument has a wide field of view ( ≈ 24 degrees), so up to about 15 bright stars can be observed simul-taneously, sampled in 32 pixel×32 pixel sub-rasters. Photometry of additional fainter targets, with reduced precision but thorough time sampling, will be possible through onboard data processing.
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Accuracy of period determination
A. Schwarzenberg‐Czerny · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 1991 · 151 citations · Full text
No stellar p-mode oscillations in space-based photometry of Procyon
J. M. Matthews, Rainer Kusching, G. A. H. Walker et al. · Nature · 2004 · 151 citations
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