Trottier Institute for Research on Exoplanets: Landolt Space Mission - Artificial Stars for More Precise Measurements of Star Brightnesses
June 11, 2024
June 11, 2024
MONTREAL, Quebec, June 11 -- The Trottier Institute for Research on Exoplanets issued the following news release:
The new NASA Landolt space mission, planned for 2029, promises major scientific breakthroughs. The mission, at a cost of $19.5 million, aims to create artificial stars that will enable better calibration of ground-based telescope observations, thus allowing for more precise measurement of star brightnesses.
Jonathan Gagne, scientific advisor at the Montreal . . .
The new NASA Landolt space mission, planned for 2029, promises major scientific breakthroughs. The mission, at a cost of $19.5 million, aims to create artificial stars that will enable better calibration of ground-based telescope observations, thus allowing for more precise measurement of star brightnesses.
Jonathan Gagne, scientific advisor at the Montreal . . .