Observation Sector 118

TESS Observation Sector 118 is comprised of observations made during orbits 247 and 248 of the TESS mission. Observations extend from June 7 through July 3, 2027. Sector 118 is observing in the northern ecliptic hemisphere. 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	269.062	30.569	-0.638	268.6	54.0
Camera 1	268.686	-5.429	89.448	268.6	18.0
Camera 2	268.923	18.570	89.420	268.6	42.0
Camera 3	269.243	42.568	-90.746	268.6	66.0
Camera 4	270.005	66.564	-91.381	57.3	90.0
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 118

During Sector 118, 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.