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...
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- 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...
- 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...
- Dec 30, 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),...
- Oct 19, 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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 13, 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:...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...