TESS Year 3 Observations

Year 3 Observations

Observations during Year 3 comprised Sectors 27-39. During Year 3, the southern ecliptic hemisphere was re-observed. For each of these sectors, the instrument boresight was pointed at an ecliptic declination of -54°.

Links to Sector pages: 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39.

The table below contains the details of TESS spacecraft orientation for Year 3. Columns are Sector number, Start and End dates of Sector, then (RA, dec, roll) in degrees (J2000) of the spacecraft and four camera boresights.

Sector	Dates	Spacecraft	Camera 1	Camera 2	Camera 3	Camera 4
27	07/04/20-07/30/20	326.85, -72.43, 214.51	301.60, -38.68, 282.66	312.45, -61.74, 291.17	8.60, -79.81, 165.21	90.01, -66.56, 244.53
28	07/30/20-08/26/20	357.29, -63.01, 222.52	329.49, -31.62, 291.12	343.69, -53.32, 300.91	21.86, -70.24, 155.17	90.00, -66.56, 219.52
29	08/26/20-09/22/20	18.92, -52.83, 219.80	355.01, -21.83, 294.62	8.42, -43.07, 301.96	34.93, -61.16, 143.29	90.00, -66.57, 193.50
30	09/22/20-10/21/20	38.36, -43.32, 212.04	19.83, -11.10, 293.17	30.81, -32.88, 297.36	48.93, -53.06, 129.97	90.00, -66.57, 166.08
31	10/21/20-11/19/20	57.64, -35.78, 201.23	45.34, -1.64, 287.09	52.89, -24.50, 288.84	63.95, -46.82, 115.42	90.00, -66.56, 137.62
32	11/19/20-12/17/20	77.19, -31.40, 188.63	72.12, 4.28, 277.38	75.29, -19.52, 277.81	79.64, -43.24, 100.12	90.00, -66.56, 108.78
33	12/17/20-01/13/21	96.60, -30.78, 175.54	99.23, 5.13, 266.15	97.58, -18.82, 265.95	95.34, -42.74, 84.78	90.00, -66.56, 80.32
34	01/13/21-02/09/21	115.30, -33.78, 163.19	125.08, 1.02, 256.09	119.02, -22.24, 254.95	110.40, -45.18, 70.06	90.00, -66.56, 52.82
35	02/09/21-03/07/21	133.20, -39.69, 152.40	149.12, -6.65, 248.97	139.52, -28.87, 245.98	124.58, -50.03, 56.29	90.00, -66.56, 26.32
36	03/07/21-04/02/21	150.95, -47.75, 143.73	172.19, -16.27, 245.52	159.89, -37.69, 239.83	137.97, -56.80, 43.41	90.00, -66.56, 0.50
37	04/02/21-04/28/21	170.25, -57.37, 138.17	196.22, -26.44, 246.32	182.16, -47.75, 237.67	151.00, -65.14, 31.21	90.00, -66.56, 334.70
38	04/28/21-05/26/21	195.72, -67.83, 139.35	223.78, -35.52, 252.42	210.45, -57.81, 242.52	164.45, -74.88, 19.59	90.00, -66.56, 308.17
39	05/26/21-06/24/21	242.20, -76.40, 161.60	256.42, -40.93, 264.36	251.04, -64.73, 259.98	182.47, -85.64, 12.32	90.01, -66.56, 280.76

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