Year 1 Observations

Observations during Year 1 comprised Sectors 1-13. For each of these sectors, the instrument boresight was pointed at an ecliptic declination of -54°.
Links to individual Sector pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13.
The table below contains the details of TESS spacecraft orientation for Year 1. Columns are Sector number, Start and End dates of Sector, then (RA, dec, roll) in degrees (J2000) of the spacecraft and four camera boresights.
SectorDatesSpacecraftCamera 1Camera 2Camera 3Camera 4
107/25/18-08/22/18352.68, -64.85, 222.15 324.57, -33.17, 289.92 338.58, -55.08, 299.88 19.49, -71.98, 157.19 90.00, -66.56, 224.19
208/22/18-09/20/1816.56, -54.02, 220.43 352.08, -23.06, 294.47 5.70, -44.31, 302.18 33.36, -62.19, 144.76 90.00, -66.57, 196.63
309/20/18-10/18/1836.31, -44.26, 213.04 17.17, -12.22, 293.55 28.46, -33.91, 298.06 47.39, -53.85, 131.45 90.00, -66.57, 169.06
410/18/18-11/15/1855.01, -36.64, 202.83 41.81, -2.76, 288.16 49.88, -25.47, 290.17 61.87, -47.52, 117.45 90.00, -66.56, 141.52
511/15/18-12/11/1873.54, -31.93, 191.05 67.06, 3.53, 279.38 71.11, -20.13, 279.98 76.70, -43.68, 103.00 90.00, -66.56, 114.14
612/11/18-01/07/1992.01, -30.58, 178.64 92.81, 5.41, 268.82 92.31, -18.59, 268.76 91.62, -42.58, 88.41 89.99, -66.56, 87.05
701/07/19-02/02/19110.26, -32.63, 166.45 118.18, 2.57, 258.61 113.25, -20.93, 257.80 106.36, -44.24, 74.01 90.00, -66.56, 60.26
802/02/19-02/28/19128.12, -37.74, 155.31 142.37, -4.18, 250.66 133.69, -26.70, 248.30 120.60, -48.42, 60.15 90.00, -66.56, 33.85
902/28/19-03/26/19145.91, -45.30, 145.92 165.70, -13.46, 246.09 154.09, -35.04, 241.22 134.27, -54.73, 46.95 90.00, -66.56, 7.72
1003/26/19-04/22/19165.05, -54.82, 139.17 189.90, -23.89, 245.67 176.16, -45.14, 237.72 147.70, -62.89, 34.26 90.00, -66.56, 341.28
1104/22/19-05/21/19189.12, -65.54, 138.08 217.30, -33.73, 250.57 203.40, -55.72, 240.58 161.39, -72.63, 22.06 90.00, -66.56, 314.08
1205/21/19-06/19/19229.59, -75.13, 153.98 249.34, -40.26, 261.51 241.52, -63.82, 255.21 177.30, -83.38, 12.37 90.01, -66.56, 286.45
1306/19/19-07/18/19298.67, -76.33, 198.94 284.05, -40.90, 275.82 289.59, -64.68, 280.33 357.94, -85.50, 167.75 90.01, -66.56, 258.88
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