Astronomical Journal Publication

SFSU Physics and Astronomy Department News

SFSU P&A has honored authors Colin Orion Chandler and Professor Stephen Kane by showcasing the CELESTA poster at Thornton Hall on the 3rd floor.

CELESTA was published in February 2016 in the Astronomical Journal, Volume 151, Number 3, available here.

Bay Area Exoplanet Meeting (BAEM) #15

CELESTA was presented at the Fall 2015 San Francisco State Unviersity Physics and Astronomy Department Student Colloquium. Below is a button to download the (24.5 Mb) presentation in PowerPoint format.

CELESTA was featured on the American Astronomical Society's Nova website on February 24, 2016. The article is here.

CELESTA will be presented at the 2016 CSU Research Competition, SFSU division on February 28, 2016.

Astronomical Journal Publication

CELESTA at the Fall 2015 SFSU P&A Student Colloquium

CELESTA Featured on AAS Nova

San Francisco State University Thornton Hall Display

SFSU Physics and Astronomy Department News

CELESTA

Catalog of Earth-Like Exoplanet Survey Targets

2016 California State University Research Competition

CELESTA and author Colin Orion Chandler were featured on the San Francisco State University Physics and Astronomy Department News on October 20th, 2015.

CELESTA: A Catalog of Earth-Like Exoplanet Survey Targets


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CELESTA: A Catalog of Earth-Like Exoplanet Survey Targets


Colin Chandler1, Iain Mcdonald , and Stephen Kane2

1San Francisco State University (SFSU) – 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, California, 94132, United States

2San Francisco State University (SFSU) – United States


Abstract


Rocketing numbers of exoplanet discoveries continue, and locating planets in the Habit- able Zone is a significant priority for many exoplanet surveys. Space-based and ground-based surveys alike require robust toolsets to aid in target selection and mission planning, incorpo- rating data from dynamic sources. We present the Catalog of Earth-Like Exoplanet Survey Targets (CELESTA), a database of prospective Habitable Zones around 36 thousand nearby stars. CELESTA yields a return on investment by computing the number of Habitable Zones probed for a given survey duration. We calculated stellar parameters such as effective temper- ature, mass, and radius, and we quantified hypothetical star-planet separations and orbital periods. We gauged the accuracy of our predictions by contrasting CELESTA’s parame- ters to observational data. A versatile framework for extending CELESTA’s functionality into the future enables ongoing comparisons to new observations, and recalculations when updates to Habitable Zone models, parallax data, or stellar temperatures become available.



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Corresponding author: skane@sfsu.edu


sciencesconf.org:pathways2015:64307

CELESTA's publication and appearance on the AAS Nova website, plus authors Colin Orion Chandler and Professor Stephen Kane, were featured on the San Francisco State University Physics and Astronomy Department News on February 26th, 2015.

CELESTA was presented at the 15th Bay Area Exoplanet Meeting at San Francisco State University on December 11, 2015. Below please find the Powerpoint File (includes movies) and the slides (no movies) in PDF format.

CELESTA was presented as a poster at the American Astronomical Society's 227th meeting held in Kissimmee, Florida.

CELESTA at Pathways 2015 in Bern, Switzerland

AAS #227 Poster Presentation

Pathways 2015 CELESTA Abstract

CELESTA

CELESTA was published in February 2016 in the Astronomical Journal, Volume 151, Number 3, available here.