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Progress with the Whole Earth Telescope

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

D. O’Donoghue  and
J. Provencal
D. O’Donoghue
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Cape Town, South Africa
J. Provencal
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Texas at Austin, USA

Abstract

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A summary of the results from seven global runs using the Whole Earth Telescope is presented, together with an evaluation of the scientific results obtained to date. Factors such as the distance of the target star from the equator, the nature and timescales of its intrinsic variability, etc. are shown to affect the value and quality of the results, as well as the traditional factors such as brightness and long-term coherent behaviour. Experience with the network shows that, taken as a whole, it enjoys far better weather than any one of its sites, and provides unprecedented ‘uncluttered’ resolution of time-series power spectra.

Type
Session 5 Global Networks
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 136: Stellar Photometry – Current Techniques and Future Developments , 1993 , pp. 250 - 256
Copyright
Copyright © C.J. Butler and I. Elliottt 1993

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