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Latest Updates
| 05 June 2017 |
| Version 5 of the TIC and CTL are now public. |
| 14 April 2017 |
| Version 5 of the TIC and CTL will be made available to the public soon. |
Mission At A Glance
| Launch | No earlier than March 2018. |
| Capabilities | Imaging; Photometry |
| Resolution | 21 arcsec/pixel |
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Example Coverage Map
Image credit: https://tess.gsfc.nasa.gov
About TESS
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is an all-sky transit survey, whose principal goal is to detect Earth-sized planets orbiting bright stars that are amenable to follow-up observations to determine planet masses and atmospheric compositions. TESS will conduct high-precision photometry of more than 200,000 stars during a two-year mission with a cadence of approximately 2 minutes. These targets will be read-out as postage stamps and be made available to the community as target pixel files (TPFs) and calibrated light curves. In addition, the full image frame will be read out approximately every 30 minutes. These Full Frame Images (FFIs) will enable users to conduct photometry on any target within the 24x96 degree field-of-view.
Key Instrument List
| Instrument | Bandpass | Resolution | Filters/Grisms |
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| Photometer | 6000-10000 Å | 21 arcsec/pixel | TESS |
Search and Tools
| Discovery Portal | CasJobs | Bulk Downloads |
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| Cross-mission search across all MAST missions and the Virtual Observatory. Upload source lists, spatial cross-match with MAST, VO, and catalogs. Interactive spectral and light curve plotting, charts, image cutouts, and footprint overlay. Advanced search enables pre-filtering on metadata. | Web-based interface for SQL queries to MAST data and catalog tables. Upload your own tables, download results in FITS or CSV format. Quick run for queries that take less than a minute, can also submit long queries for retrieval later. Results and queries are saved for re-use at any time. | For users who want to download files in bulk, we offer programmatic access and links to TESS files. Visit the Bulk Downloads page for information and access. |
Documents
| TESS Input Catalog Documentation (ADS) |
| Detailed description of the TIC and cTL catalog: content, construction, algorithms used to derive parameters. |
External Links
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