Reminder: MAST at AAS

MAST Events

Come see your favorite archive scientists in full 3D. What events do we have planned?

• A two day workshop, in collaboration with the TESS GI office. We'll talk about how data are taken, how you can analyze them, and tips for efficiently querying the archive. We'll also have special sessions on analyzing TESS data using our free cloud platform, TIKE. Whether you're new to TESS or a long time user of the data,  there's something for you. Sign up now by adding this event to your AAS registration!
• A MAST booth presence: throughout the week, we'll be available to answer your questions, run demos of our tools, and collect feedback. You can also stop by just to say hello! Other STScI groups will be there, including HST, JWST, Roman, and our Human Resources team.
• A hyperwall talk at the NASA booth. (Time/Date TBD!)

Partner Events

The TESS team is hosting the following events at AAS 245:

• NASA's TESS Mission Interactive Data Workshop:  This is a two day event - Saturday and Sunday , January 11th - January 12th , 2025, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM ET each day
  • Our TESS Workshop will consist of; i) short talks introducing the NASA TESS mission ii) explanations of how to propose for TESS observations and obtain research funding in upcoming proposal calls iii) tutorials on working with TESS data iv) how to work with TIKE and to optimize your script for the cloud v) interactive work-with-the-experts sessions to show you how to work with TESS data and TIKE for your own targets. Please register online for this free interactive session and remember to bring a laptop! 
• Science from the TESS Extended Mission Splinter Session: Wednesday, January 15th, 2025, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM ET 
  • At the TESS Splinter Session we will provide an overview of the TESS Mission operations and science goals. We highlight TESS's impact across all areas of astronomy, sharing some of the amazing new science being conducted with TESS including exoplanet detections, stellar physics, and discoveries of transient events and other time-domain phenomena. 

NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has been in operation since July 2018, monitoring millions of stars across the entire sky and discovering thousands of exoplanets and exoplanet candidates. The field of view observed approximately each month by TESS is 24 x 96 degrees, with data collected at a 200-second cadence. TESS's capability for precision photometry over long time baselines, as well as open access to the data, have resulted in extraordinarily high scientific output from the mission across a broad range of astrophysics. 

We look forward to seeing you at the AAS!”