Space Photometry with Brite-Constellation
BRITE-Constellation is devoted to high-precision optical photometric monitoring of bright stars, distributed all over the Milky Way, in red and/or blue passbands. Photometry from space avoids the turbulent and absorbing terrestrial atmosphere and allows for very long and continuous observing runs wi...
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| author | Werner W. Weiss Konstanze Zwintz Rainer Kuschnig Gerald Handler Anthony F. J. Moffat Dietrich Baade Dominic M. Bowman Thomas Granzer Thomas Kallinger Otto F. Koudelka Catherine C. Lovekin Coralie Neiner Herbert Pablo Andrzej Pigulski Adam Popowicz Tahina Ramiaramanantsoa Slavek M. Rucinski Klaus G. Strassmeier Gregg A. Wade |
| author_facet | Werner W. Weiss Konstanze Zwintz Rainer Kuschnig Gerald Handler Anthony F. J. Moffat Dietrich Baade Dominic M. Bowman Thomas Granzer Thomas Kallinger Otto F. Koudelka Catherine C. Lovekin Coralie Neiner Herbert Pablo Andrzej Pigulski Adam Popowicz Tahina Ramiaramanantsoa Slavek M. Rucinski Klaus G. Strassmeier Gregg A. Wade |
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| description | BRITE-Constellation is devoted to high-precision optical photometric monitoring of bright stars, distributed all over the Milky Way, in red and/or blue passbands. Photometry from space avoids the turbulent and absorbing terrestrial atmosphere and allows for very long and continuous observing runs with high time resolution and thus provides the data necessary for understanding various processes inside stars (e.g., asteroseismology) and in their immediate environment. While the first astronomical observations from space focused on the spectral regions not accessible from the ground it soon became obvious around 1970 that avoiding the turbulent terrestrial atmosphere significantly improved the accuracy of photometry and satellites explicitly dedicated to high-quality photometry were launched. A perfect example is BRITE-Constellation, which is the result of a very successful cooperation between Austria, Canada and Poland. Research highlights for targets distributed nearly over the entire HRD are presented, but focus primarily on massive and hot stars. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ea1eaae50a7a49ed95580ffc7e659ca92023-11-22T00:22:42ZengMDPI AGUniverse2218-19972021-06-017619910.3390/universe7060199Space Photometry with Brite-ConstellationWerner W. Weiss0Konstanze Zwintz1Rainer Kuschnig2Gerald Handler3Anthony F. J. Moffat4Dietrich Baade5Dominic M. Bowman6Thomas Granzer7Thomas Kallinger8Otto F. Koudelka9Catherine C. Lovekin10Coralie Neiner11Herbert Pablo12Andrzej Pigulski13Adam Popowicz14Tahina Ramiaramanantsoa15Slavek M. Rucinski16Klaus G. Strassmeier17Gregg A. Wade18Institute for Astrophysics, University of Vienna, A-1180 Vienna, AustriaInstitute for Astro- and Particle Physics, University of Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, AustriaInstitut für Kommunikationsnetze und Satellitenkommunikation, Technische Universität Graz, A-8020 Graz, AustriaNicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, 00-716 Warsaw, PolandDepartment of Physics, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC H3C 3J7, CanadaEuropean Southern Observatory (ESO), D-85748 Garching bei München, GermanyInstitute of Astronomy, KU Leuven, B-3001 Leuven, BelgiumDepartment Cosmic Magnetic Fields, Leibniz Institut fuer Astrophysik Potsdam, D-14482 Potsdam, GermanyInstitute for Astrophysics, University of Vienna, A-1180 Vienna, AustriaInstitut für Kommunikationsnetze und Satellitenkommunikation, Technische Universität Graz, A-8020 Graz, AustriaPhysics Department, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB E4L 1E6, CanadaLESIA, Paris Observatory, PSL University, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Université de Paris, 92195 Meudon, FranceAmerican Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO), Cambridge, MA 02138, USAInstytut Astronomiczny, Uniwersytet Wrocławski, 51-622 Wrocław, PolandDepartment of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Microelectronics, Silesian University of Technology, 44-100 Gliwice, PolandSchool of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USADepartment of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3H4, CanadaDepartment Cosmic Magnetic Fields, Leibniz Institut fuer Astrophysik Potsdam, D-14482 Potsdam, GermanyDepartment of Physics and Space Science, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, ON K7k7b4, CanadaBRITE-Constellation is devoted to high-precision optical photometric monitoring of bright stars, distributed all over the Milky Way, in red and/or blue passbands. Photometry from space avoids the turbulent and absorbing terrestrial atmosphere and allows for very long and continuous observing runs with high time resolution and thus provides the data necessary for understanding various processes inside stars (e.g., asteroseismology) and in their immediate environment. While the first astronomical observations from space focused on the spectral regions not accessible from the ground it soon became obvious around 1970 that avoiding the turbulent terrestrial atmosphere significantly improved the accuracy of photometry and satellites explicitly dedicated to high-quality photometry were launched. A perfect example is BRITE-Constellation, which is the result of a very successful cooperation between Austria, Canada and Poland. Research highlights for targets distributed nearly over the entire HRD are presented, but focus primarily on massive and hot stars.https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1997/7/6/199space photometrystellar structurestellar evolutionstellar environmentnanosatellites |
| spellingShingle | Werner W. Weiss Konstanze Zwintz Rainer Kuschnig Gerald Handler Anthony F. J. Moffat Dietrich Baade Dominic M. Bowman Thomas Granzer Thomas Kallinger Otto F. Koudelka Catherine C. Lovekin Coralie Neiner Herbert Pablo Andrzej Pigulski Adam Popowicz Tahina Ramiaramanantsoa Slavek M. Rucinski Klaus G. Strassmeier Gregg A. Wade Space Photometry with Brite-Constellation Universe space photometry stellar structure stellar evolution stellar environment nanosatellites |
| title | Space Photometry with Brite-Constellation |
| title_full | Space Photometry with Brite-Constellation |
| title_fullStr | Space Photometry with Brite-Constellation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Space Photometry with Brite-Constellation |
| title_short | Space Photometry with Brite-Constellation |
| title_sort | space photometry with brite constellation |
| topic | space photometry stellar structure stellar evolution stellar environment nanosatellites |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1997/7/6/199 |
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