Oct 15, 20131 minSpotting RR Lyrae StarsRR Lyrae stars are a special type of variable star that changes in brightness due to radial pulsations that increase and decrease the...
Aug 17, 20132 minA mysterious object no moreThis post is by Tabby Boyajian, one of the Planet Hunters science team at Yale As you all know, planethunter volunteers use archive data...
Feb 11, 20133 minStarspots and TransitsThere 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...
Dec 29, 20122 minA Newly Spotted RR Lyrae StarAlthough Kepler was designed to find extrasolar planets, the Kepler light curves with their high temporal cadence and measurement...
Oct 28, 20124 minThe Road to Characterizing PH1: Stellar Evolution ModelsToday we have a guest post from Willie Torres. Willie is an astronomer the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (Cambridge, MA),...
Oct 18, 20125 minThe Road to Characterizing PH1: The OverviewHaven Giguere/Yale It’s been an exciting week for exoplanets with the discovery of PH1 and the discovery of an Earth-mass planet around...
Oct 16, 20123 minThe Road to Characterizing PH1: Visual-band ImagingToday 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...
May 12, 20122 minUpdate on Dwarf NovaeToday we have a guest post by fellow Planet Hunter Daryll (nighthawk_black) updating us on the search for dwarf novae and cataclysmic...
Apr 7, 20122 minDwarf NovaeWe have a guest post from Martin Still. Martin is Deputy Science Team Lead and Guest Observer Office Director for Kepler. He’s writing...
Jul 31, 20111 minExamples of PulsatorsI think one of the hardest types of light curves to classify in terms of variability as well as identifying transits in are the pulsating...
Jun 7, 20112 minAsteroseismologyToday’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 ...
Apr 30, 20112 minInverse TransitsI 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, 20113 minQ2 Data Release and Site UpgradesWe 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, 20112 minMore 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, 20103 minA word from the Kepler TeamDear Planet Hunters: Dr. Natalie Batalha, Deputy Science Team Lead for the Kepler Mission, asked us to post the following message:...
Dec 28, 20102 minVariable stars (examples)The reasons for changes in the brightness of a star can be divided into two categories: (1) orbiting companions or (2) stellar...
Dec 21, 20102 minEclipsing BinariesFigure 1. Eclipsing Binary (detached, Algol type) I’m Debra Fischer, a Professor of Astronomy at Yale University. Many of you have...
Dec 20, 20101 minGwiazdy zmienne (przykłady)Powody zmian jasności gwiazd można podzielić na dwie kategorie: (1) orbitujący towarzysze oraz (2) astrofizyka gwiazd. (1) W teorii...
Dec 20, 20102 minTransiting PlanetsHi 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, 20102 minStellar VariabilityGreetings from Kevin Schawinski and Meg Schwamb, postdoctoral fellows at Yale and members of the Science Team. Wow, we’ve been blown away...