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PANOPTES: Exoplanet Hunting using Robotic Telescopes

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What is the purpose of the PANOPTES project?

To establish a global network of cameras to detect exoplanet transits (correct)

To monitor the Pleiades star cluster

To search for habitable moons in the solar system

To study the light curve of Jupiter

What software is used to control the robotic telescope mount in PANOPTES?

Astrometry

PuTTY (correct)

SAOImageDS9

FileZilla

What is the name of the moon that has chances of being habitable?

Jupiter

Pleiades

Europa (correct)

Galinean Moon

What is the name of the closed binary system located 3000 light years in the Milky Way galaxy?

T Coronae Borealis Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the star cluster known as the Seven Sisters?

Pleiades Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a sudden increase in the brightness or luminosity of a star?

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PANOPTES Project

A citizen science effort to make robotic telescopes accessible and affordable for exoplanet discovery
Uses PuTTY software and pocs language to control the mount and take pictures of the night sky
Images are stored in an SD card and accessed through FileZilla
Further study involves Astrometry, SAOImageDS9, and AstroImageJ to analyze light curves of stars

Jupiter

The largest planet in our solar system, approximately 2.5 times more massive than all other planets combined
Considered a failed star, not habitable

Galilean Moon, Europa

A moon of Jupiter with potential for habitability

Pleiades (M45)

An open star cluster in the constellation Taurus, also known as The Seven Sisters
Consists of seven stars
Has various myths surrounding it

T Coronae Borealis (Blaze Star)

A closed binary system located 3000 light years away in the Milky Way galaxy
A recurrent nova, experiencing significant increases in brightness or luminosity

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Discover the PANOPTES project, a citizen science effort to build low-cost robotic telescopes that can detect exoplanets transiting the night sky. Learn about the software and tools used to control the telescope and analyze images of the stars.