Universe  ID: 12887

TESS Coverage Animations

Released on March 28, 2018
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Animation showing the TESS spacecraft and the coverage of its four cameras. Each camera covers a 24 degrees-square patch of sky and the four cameras are arranged in a vertical strip called an observation sector.
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Same as the above, but without onscreen text.
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Animation showing how TESS will observe the sky. TESS will watch each observation sector for at least 27 days, before rotating to the next one, covering first the south and then the north to build a map of 85 percent of the sky.
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Same as the above, but with no onscreen text.
 

Used Elsewhere In

NASA's New Planet Hunter: TESS

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Credits

Scott Wiessinger (USRA): Lead Producer
Brian Monroe (USRA): Lead Animator
Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET): Technical Support
Michael Lentz (USRA): Artistic Director
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab

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https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12887

Mission:
TESS

This item is part of this series:
Astrophysics Animations

Keywords:
SVS >> Hyperwall
SVS >> Astrophysics
NASA Science >> Universe
SVS >> Exoplanet
SVS >> 4K
SVS >> TESS