Year 5 Observations

Observations during Year 5 comprises Sectors 56-69.  During Year 5, the second scan of the Northern ecliptic hemisphere will be completed (Sectors 56-60) and a new scan of the Southern hemisphere will begin (Sectors 61-69).  The ecliptic latitude at which the spacecraft boresight is pointed will be shifted by 1.5° and the instrument field-of-view will be rotated by 1.5° in order that regions of the sky not covered in the first four years of the mission can be observed (these regions are caused by the gaps between CCDs in each camera, and they are most prominently seen at 18° and 54° latitude and at the ecliptic poles).

Links to Sector pages (under construction): 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69.

The tables below contains the details of TESS spacecraft orientation for Year 5. Columns are Sector number, Start and End dates of Sector, then (RA, dec, roll) in degrees (J2000) of the spacecraft and four camera boresights. Note: All future values are provisional and may be changed, although there are currently no plans to do so.