Kerst Kingsbury wrote a new post, Mountains of Grey, Planning Progressions, & Legends in Dusk 5 years, 9 months ago
Anyone who lives in Tucson will tell you ‘watch out for the monsoons, they’ll sneak up on you.’ The monsoon season lasts a handful of weeks and begins in early July and continues through August. The storms can […]
Kerst Kingsbury wrote a new post, Summer Stellar Vibes & Observation Plans 5 years, 10 months ago
As our hemisphere of this big rock slowly moves into summer, everything focuses on change. The local flora and fauna prepare themselves to weather the harsh summer rays, much better than a certain undergraduate […]
Allie Mousseau wrote a new post, Selecting Initial Targets 5 years, 10 months ago
Project EDEN’s goal is to find potentially habitable planets around stars in our celestial neighborhood. We will share our findings with scientists around the world, so they can further study, explore, and […]
Daniel wrote a new post, Songs of Exoplanets 5 years, 11 months ago
Earlier this week University of Arizona student Allie Mousseau and graduate student Ben Rackham, members of the EDEN team, welcomed a group of 12 students at the UA SkyCenter atop Mt. Lemmon and introduced them […]
Kerst Kingsbury wrote a new post, First Light on the EDEN Survey 6 years, 3 months ago
In the past days as part of Project EDEN I had the opportunity to participate in my first ever observing run. We spent four nights at the Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope on top of Mt Graham in Arizona, in […]
Daniel wrote a new post, EDEN Pilot Survey Receives Telescope Time 6 years, 4 months ago
Our EDEN pilot survey received all the requested telescope time on five telescopes ranging from 0.7m diameter to 2.3m! In our pilot study we are characterizing the photometric precision and reliability of the […]