Questions and Answers
What is the purpose of the PANOPTES project?
What software is used to control the robotic telescope mount in PANOPTES?
What is the name of the moon that has chances of being habitable?
What is the name of the closed binary system located 3000 light years in the Milky Way galaxy?
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What is the name of the star cluster known as the Seven Sisters?
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What is the term for a sudden increase in the brightness or luminosity of a star?
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Study Notes
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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Description
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.
