Observation Sector 116

TESS Observation Sector 116 is comprised of observations made during orbits 243 and 244 of the TESS mission. Observations extend from April 12 through May 10, 2027. Sector 116 is the second of two ecliptic sectors. The regions of the sky observed are shown at right.

Pointing

The orientation of the spacecraft and camera boresights are given in the table below.

Boresight	RA	Dec	Roll	Ecliptic Longitude	Ecliptic Latitude
Spacecraft	288.156	-23.341	-83.207	286.6	-0.9
Camera 1	248.941	-22.605	-9.038	250.6	-0.6
Camera 2	275.073	-24.213	1.499	274.6	-0.9
Camera 3	300.968	-21.405	-168.312	298.6	-1.0
Camera 4	325.305	-14.874	-160.618	322.6	-1.0
All coordinates are degrees (J2000)

Map of TESS camera fields-of-view in ecliptic coordinates. Camera 1 is red, camera 2 is magenta, camera 3 is blue, camera 4 is green. The field of camera 4 looks distorted because it is centered on the ecliptic pole. The thin black line is the ecliptic; the thick black line is the galactic plane.

Map of TESS camera fields-of-view in celestial coordinates. Camera 1 is red, camera 2 is magenta, camera 3 is blue, camera 4 is green. The thin black line is the ecliptic; the thick black line is the galactic plane.

Targets for Sector 116

During Sector 116, 12,000 stars will be observed at two-minute cadence, up to 3,000 stars at 20-second cadence, and full-frame images will be collected every 200 seconds.

The list of targets observed at two-minute cadence are posted on the Target List page as soon as they have been determined. The target list includes the camera and CCD on which the target can be found, TIC ID, RA, declination, and TESS magnitude.