Is PlanetHunters still active?

• by Poslovitch

  Hi.

  I'm asking me if PlanetHunters is still active : all Objects from the talk tab are "updated 6 months ago" but when I check them, there are newer comments.
  Also, there is no more blog entries...

  Is PlanetHunters still active? Do our work is used?

  Posted February 23, 2017 4:25 PM

• by francomallia

  Hi, same question.....
  Is PlanetHunters still active? Do our work is used?
  there will be new publications about our work in the future?

  Posted February 24, 2017 5:50 PM

• by crooksy87

  i think they have a new project searching for planet 9 now, so im not sure if they still use this website

  Posted February 25, 2017 5:05 AM

• by johnfairweather

  As the search for Tabby's Star started here, I would say this website is still active.

  Posted March 2, 2017 7:17 PM

• by johnfairweather

  Yesterday, I received news that a new Zooniverse project is being Beta tested. From looking at it, it seems to be a planet hunting project, looking at objects from K2 to TESS. I'm not sure how it and PlanetHunters.org are suppose to interact.

  Posted March 7, 2017 12:10 PM

• by ajamyajax in response to johnfairweather's comment.

  Ok great, what's the name of this new planet hunting project so we can look for it? And did they mention when it might be available? Thanks.

  Posted March 7, 2017 9:34 PM

• by johnfairweather

  It is called "Candidate-Vetting" (obviously can't be called PlanetHunters), but it is still in its Beta stage, which means that it is still being tested before it is released to the public.
  As I said above, it is using the same data as planethunters.org, so I wasn't quite sure how it was enhancing the search for exoplanets.
  There was no mention of PlanetHunters.org in its About section, so I wonder if the authors of "Candidate-Vetting" have heard of PlanetHunters.org.?

  Posted March 7, 2017 10:46 PM

• by ajamyajax

  Well, vetting candidates is not for beginners so doesn't seem like any competition with the original design here.

  But I appreciate you trying to stir up the pot a bit on their behalf. And we'll see what the vetting team comes up with! I do hope it is a serious project because then we can do our best to help there also.

  Posted March 7, 2017 11:09 PM

• by johnfairweather

  OK thanks for that information.

  It might be a useful exercise, to choose the same star from each project and see how they compare.

  (Incidentally, I attended a start-up exoplanets detection project in London last week, however it uses telescopes, as a starting point.)

  Posted March 8, 2017 4:47 PM