Planet Hunters Talk

12 hour gap followed by a jump in the brightness

  • KeithXXYYZZ by KeithXXYYZZ

    A lot of the light plots have a 12 hour gap followed by a jump in the brightness. And many stars show these gaps and jumps at the same hour.

    This is very confusing to a new person.

    Now I am assuming that these are due to an artifact of the measurement method, maybe re-calibration.

    Is this correct?

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  • ronaldbeal by ronaldbeal

    or the telescope moved slightly

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  • davidbundy77 by davidbundy77

    Yes, these gaps are artifacts caused by movements of the Kepler telescope. More details here http://blog.planethunters.org/2011/03/10/gaps-in-the-data/

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