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    • Oct 15, 2013
    • 1 min

    Spotting RR Lyrae Stars

    RR Lyrae stars are a special type of variable star that changes in brightness due to radial pulsations that increase and decrease the...
    A mysterious object no more
    • Aug 17, 2013
    • 2 min

    A mysterious object no more

    This post is by Tabby Boyajian, one of the Planet Hunters science team at Yale As you all know, planethunter volunteers use archive data...
    Starspots and Transits
    • Feb 11, 2013
    • 3 min

    Starspots and Transits

    There was a  great question about transits in response to my post about “What Factors Impact Transit Shape” so I thought I’d answer in a...
    A Newly Spotted RR Lyrae Star
    • Dec 29, 2012
    • 2 min

    A Newly Spotted RR Lyrae Star

    Although Kepler was designed to find extrasolar planets, the Kepler light curves with their high temporal cadence and measurement...
    • Oct 28, 2012
    • 4 min

    The Road to Characterizing PH1: Stellar Evolution Models

    Today we have a guest post from Willie Torres. Willie is an astronomer the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for  Astrophysics (Cambridge, MA),...
    The Road to Characterizing PH1: The Overview
    • Oct 18, 2012
    • 5 min

    The Road to Characterizing PH1: The Overview

    Haven Giguere/Yale It’s been an exciting week for exoplanets with the discovery of PH1 and the discovery of an Earth-mass  planet around...
    The Road to Characterizing PH1: Visual-band Imaging
    • Oct 16, 2012
    • 3 min

    The Road to Characterizing PH1: Visual-band Imaging

    Today we have a guest post from Bill Keel. Bill is a member of the science team for Galaxy Zoo, and is more accustomed to dealing with...
    Update on Dwarf Novae
    • May 12, 2012
    • 2 min

    Update on Dwarf Novae

    Today we have a guest post by fellow Planet Hunter Daryll (nighthawk_black) updating us on the search for dwarf novae and cataclysmic...
    Dwarf Novae
    • Apr 7, 2012
    • 2 min

    Dwarf Novae

    We have a guest post from Martin Still. Martin is Deputy Science Team Lead and Guest Observer Office Director for Kepler. He’s writing...
    Examples of Pulsators
    • Jul 31, 2011
    • 1 min

    Examples of Pulsators

    I think one of the hardest types of light curves to classify in terms of variability as well as identifying transits in are the pulsating...
    Asteroseismology
    • Jun 7, 2011
    • 2 min

    Asteroseismology

    Today’s post is brought to you by guest blogger Charles Baldner, who will be writing a few blog posts this summer on topics related to ...
    Inverse Transits
    • Apr 30, 2011
    • 2 min

    Inverse Transits

    I was talking to last week’s seminar speaker, and we were talking about Planet Hunters and some of the things that might be lurking in...
    • Feb 21, 2011
    • 3 min

    Q2 Data Release and Site Upgrades

    We wanted to talk more about the changes to the site and give you all an update on the addition of Quarter 2 data. John’s already...
    • Jan 12, 2011
    • 2 min

    More star info…

    Thanks again for your amazing work and feedback.  We are working to keep up with you! There is now a data-download button (thanks to...
    • Dec 31, 2010
    • 3 min

    A word from the Kepler Team

    Dear Planet Hunters: Dr. Natalie Batalha, Deputy Science Team Lead for the Kepler Mission, asked us to post the following message:...
    Variable stars (examples)
    • Dec 28, 2010
    • 2 min

    Variable stars (examples)

    The reasons for changes in the brightness of a star can be divided into two categories: (1) orbiting companions or (2) stellar...
    Eclipsing Binaries
    • Dec 21, 2010
    • 2 min

    Eclipsing Binaries

    Figure 1. Eclipsing Binary (detached, Algol type) I’m Debra Fischer, a Professor of Astronomy at Yale University. Many of you have...
    Gwiazdy zmienne (przykłady)
    • Dec 20, 2010
    • 1 min

    Gwiazdy zmienne (przykłady)

    Powody zmian jasności gwiazd można podzielić na dwie kategorie: (1) orbitujący towarzysze oraz (2) astrofizyka gwiazd. (1) W teorii...
    Transiting Planets
    • Dec 20, 2010
    • 2 min

    Transiting Planets

    Hi I’m Matt, a graduate student at Yale University and a member of the Science Team. We’re really impressed with the turnout so far on...
    • Dec 18, 2010
    • 2 min

    Stellar Variability

    Greetings from Kevin Schawinski and Meg Schwamb, postdoctoral fellows at Yale and members of the Science Team. Wow, we’ve been blown away...