Data release products include: raw full frame images, calibrated full frame images, target pixels, light curves, flat fields, pixel response function, and lists of TESS Objects of Interest (TOIs).
Each TESS data sector covers a 24 degree by 90 degree strip of the sky. Calibrated FITS files for each of four detectors within a segment will include:
- 30 minute cadence full frame images
- 2 minute cadence for about 200,000 target stars
More information will be made available on this page closer to the TESS mission launch date.
TESS Sky coverage – Prime Mission
| Baseline (days) | Sky coverage (%) |
|---|---|
| 0 | 14.6 |
| 27.4 | 63.0 |
| 54.8 | 15.2 |
| 82.2 | 3.0 |
| 109.6 | 0.56 |
| everything from 137.0 to 301.4 | 1.4 total |
| 328.8 | 0.52 |
| 356.2 | 1.7 |
The Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes (MAST) is a NASA funded project to support and provide to the astronomical community with the primary focus on scientifically related data sets in the optical, ultraviolet, and near-infrared parts of the spectrum. MAST is located at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI).
Images taken by Joel Villasenor and Sormeh Yazdi using a TESS prototype camera at the MIT testing facility.