Searching for TESS Photometric Variability of Possible JWST Spectrophotometric Standard Stars
@article{Mullally2022SearchingFT, title={Searching for TESS Photometric Variability of Possible JWST Spectrophotometric Standard Stars}, author={Susan E. Mullally and G. C. Sloan and J. J. Hermes and Michael Kunz and Kelly M. Hambleton and Ralph C. Bohlin and Scott W. Fleming and Karl D. Gordon and Catherine Kaleida and K. Mohamed}, journal={The Astronomical Journal}, year={2022}, volume={163} }
We use data from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) to search for, and set limits on, optical to near-infrared photometric variability of the well-vetted, candidate James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) spectrophotometric standards. Our search of 37 of these candidate standards has revealed measurable periodic variability in 15 stars. The majority of those show variability that is less than half a percent; however, four stars are observed to vary photometrically, from minimum to…
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