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Serendipitous science from the K2 mission

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2016

Derek, L. Buzasi ,
Lindsey Carboneau ,
Carly Hessler ,
Andy Lezcano  and
Heather Preston
Derek, L. Buzasi
Affiliation:
Dept. of Chemistry & Physics, Florida Gulf Coast University, 10501 FGCU Blvd. South, Fort Myers, FL 33919USA email: dbuzasi@fgcu.edu
Lindsey Carboneau
Affiliation:
Dept. of Chemistry & Physics, Florida Gulf Coast University, 10501 FGCU Blvd. South, Fort Myers, FL 33919USA email: dbuzasi@fgcu.edu
Carly Hessler
Affiliation:
Dept. of Chemistry & Physics, Florida Gulf Coast University, 10501 FGCU Blvd. South, Fort Myers, FL 33919USA email: dbuzasi@fgcu.edu
Andy Lezcano
Affiliation:
Dept. of Chemistry & Physics, Florida Gulf Coast University, 10501 FGCU Blvd. South, Fort Myers, FL 33919USA email: dbuzasi@fgcu.edu
Heather Preston
Affiliation:
Dept. of Chemistry & Physics, Florida Gulf Coast University, 10501 FGCU Blvd. South, Fort Myers, FL 33919USA email: dbuzasi@fgcu.edu Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium, 3450 Ortiz Ave., Fort Myers, FL, 33905USA
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Abstract

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The K2 mission is a repurposed use of the Kepler spacecraft to perform high-precision photometry of selected fields in the ecliptic. We have developed an aperture photometry pipeline for K2 data which performs dynamic automated aperture mask selection, background estimation and subtraction, and positional decorrelation to minimize the effects of spacecraft pointing jitter. We also identify secondary targets in the K2 “postage stamps” and produce light curves for those targets as well. Pipeline results will be made available to the community. Here we describe our pipeline and the photometric precision we are capable of achieving with K2, and illustrate its utility with asteroseismic results from the serendipitous secondary targets.

Keywords

techniques:photometricstars: oscillations
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 11 , General Assembly A29B: Astronomy in Focus , August 2015 , pp. 673 - 679
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2016 

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