Getting to Know the Neighbours: Naked-Eye Stars and Their Planets

了解邻居：肉眼观测的恒星及其行星

• 批准号: DE210101639
• 负责人: Dr Benjamin Pope
• 金额: $ 31.23万
• 依托单位: The University of Queensland
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2021-07-01 至 2024-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DE210101639
• 关键词: Getting; Know; Neighbours; Naked; Eye

We now know that nearly all stars host planets, and exoplanet science is now turning to bright individual systems. This Project aims to study the nearest, brightest stars by extending the capabilities of NASA's TESS telescope and Mount Kent Observatory. This is significant as the best chance we have to detect planets around stars bright enough to measure the planetary and stellar properties precisely. The expected outcomes of this project will be the discovery of planets transiting nearby naked-eye stars, and crucial measurements of the masses of these stars and planets. The benefits of this will be a key sample of new, well-understood benchmark systems, and new open-source algorithms for data analysis in astronomy and more broadly.

我们现在知道几乎所有恒星都拥有行星，而系外行星科学现在正在转向明亮的个体系统。该项目旨在通过扩展 NASA TESS 望远镜和肯特山天文台的能力来研究最近、最亮的恒星。 这非常重要，因为这是我们探测足够明亮的恒星周围行星以精确测量行星和恒星特性的最佳机会。该项目的预期成果将是发现凌日附近裸眼恒星的行星，并对这些恒星和行星的质量进行关键测量。这样做的好处将是新的、易于理解的基准系统的关键样本，以及用于天文学和更广泛领域数据分析的新开源算法。