too straight a light curve ?

• by ruprechtludwig

  it requires an explanation from the scientific team I think...

  Posted December 16, 2015 2:34 PM

• by davidbundy77

  I am not on the science team but here are some clues as to what went wrong with this light curve

  The star is in the middle of the Pleiades cluster (see Aladin Lite). The background is very bright which has overexposed the image and swamped the signal from the star (see diagnostics here)

  Posted December 17, 2015 5:30 PM

• by ruprechtludwig

  "ce qui qui se conçoit bien s'énonce clairement et les mots pour le dire arrivent aisément" Boileau, merci pour l'explication et le deuxième lien !

  Posted December 18, 2015 8:08 PM