Complete WIRE Star-Camera Observation History

WIRE operations for making asteroseismology and stellar variability observations were carried out over the period from May 20, 1999 to September 30, 2000.

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The highlighted data have been analyzed and the results have been either published or are in press in peer-reviewed astronomy journals. Yellow indicates an asteroseismological study and green indicates a stellar-variability study.

RA (deg.)Dec. (deg.)# Obs Sched.# Obs Trunc.TargetWeek
24.1990 41.4060 130 0 458 01/26/00
24.1990 41.4060 130 0 458 F8V 0.54 02/02/00
24.1990 41.4060 130 0 458 F8V 0.54 02/09/00
24.1990 41.4060 130 0 458 F8V 0.54 02/16/00
24.1990 41.4060 106 0 458 F8V 0.54 02/23/00
47.2667 49.6133 130 0 937 G0V 4.05 03/01/00
47.2667 49.6133 130 0 937 G0V 4.05 03/08/00
213.9153 19.1824 80 0 Alpha Boo 0.16 07/26/00
213.9153 19.1824 130 0 Alpha Boo 0.16 08/02/00
213.9153 19.1824 118 0 Alpha Boo 0.16 08/09/00
220.6270 -64.9750 119 102 Alpha Cir 08/16/00
220.6270 -64.9750 130 91 Alpha Cir 08/23/00
220.6270 -64.9750 130 130 Alpha Cir 08/30/00
220.6270 -64.9750 130 129 Alpha Cir 09/06/00
220.6270 -64.9750 130 130 Alpha Cir 09/13/00
220.6270 -64.9750 130 129 Alpha Cir 09/20/00
306.4113 -56.7350 130 0 Alpha Pav 1.94 B3 IV 03/29/00
306.4113 -56.7350 130 0 Alpha Pav 1.94 B3 IV 04/05/00
306.4113 -56.7350 34 0 Alpha Pav 1.94 B3 IV 04/12/00
297.6958 8.8683 130 0 Altair A7V 0.77 10/13/99
297.6958 8.8683 130 0 Altair A7V 0.77 10/20/99
297.6958 8.8683 130 0 Altair A7V 0.77 10/27/99
297.6958 8.8683 130 0 Altair A7V 0.77 11/03/99
2.2945 59.1498 34 34 Beta Cas F5 V 2.28 06/14/00
53.2330 -9.4580 94 56 Epsilon Eri 07/19/00
53.2330 -9.4580 130 0 Epsilon Eri 07/26/00
326.0458 9.8750 128 57 Epsilon Peg K2 Ib 2.38 05/03/00
326.0458 9.8750 115 0 Epsilon Peg K2 Ib 2.38 05/10/00
12.2770 57.8160 97 97 Eta Cas 06/14/00
12.2770 57.8160 92 92 Eta Cas 06/21/00
219.9008 -60.8356 130 0 FGS -0.1 alpha Cen 07/14/99
219.9008 -60.8356 130 0 FGS -0.1 alpha Cen 07/21/99
219.9008 -60.8356 130 0 FGS 0.0 alpha Cen 07/28/99
219.9008 -60.8356 130 0 FGS 0.0 alpha Cen 08/04/99
219.9008 -60.8356 130 0 FGS 0.0 alpha Cen 08/11/99
219.9008 -60.8356 130 0 FGS 0.0 alpha Cen 08/18/99
219.9008 -60.8356 130 0 FGS 0.0 alpha Cen 08/25/99
219.9008 -60.8356 130 0 FGS 0.0 alpha Cen 09/01/99
114.8255 5.2250 78 0 FGS 0.34 Procyon F5IV-V 09/13/00
114.8255 5.2250 130 0 FGS 0.34 Procyon F5IV-V 09/20/00
114.8255 5.2250 130 0 FGS 0.34 Procyon F5IV-V 09/22/99
114.8255 5.2250 130 0 FGS 0.34 Procyon F5IV-V 09/29/99
114.8255 5.2250 37 0 FGS 0.34 Procyon F5IV-V 10/06/99
195.5442 10.9591 54 0 HD 113226 G8III 2.83 07/05/00
195.5442 10.9591 130 0 HD 113226 G8III 2.83 07/12/00
195.5442 10.9591 130 0 HD 113226 G8III 2.83 07/19/00
195.5442 10.9591 51 0 HD 113226 G8III 2.83 07/26/00
330.7950 18.8840 100 0 HD 209458 11/17/99
330.7950 18.8840 145 0 HD 209458 11/23/99
330.7950 18.8840 131 0 HD 209458 11/30/99
330.7950 18.8840 131 0 HD 209458 12/01/99
109.2856 -37.0975 89 0 HD56855 K3Ib 04/12/00
85.0000 18.5000 130 0 HR 1910 Koch 03/15/00
85.0000 18.5000 130 0 HR 1910 Koch 03/22/00
85.0000 18.5000 130 129 HR 1910 Koch 03/29/00
85.0000 18.5000 105 105 HR 1910 Koch 04/05/00
85.0000 18.5000 14 14 HR 1910 Koch 04/12/00
85.0000 18.5000 130 0 HR 2047 4.41 08/30/00
85.0000 18.5000 130 0 HR 2047 4.41 09/06/00
85.0000 18.5000 53 0 HR 2047 4.41 09/13/00
265.6221 -39.0300 130 98 Kappa Sco 2.4 B1.5III 03/01/00
265.6221 -39.0300 24 0 Kappa Sco 2.4 B1.5III 03/08/00
265.6220 -39.0300 130 129 Kappa Sco B2 IV 2.41 09/22/99
265.6220 -39.0300 130 129 Kappa Sco B2 IV 2.41 09/29/99
265.6220 -39.0300 130 36 Kappa Sco B2 IV 2.41 10/06/99
125.6284 -59.5096 113 0 NSV 4058 K3III+ 06/03/99
255.5822 12.5600 130 129 NSV 9189 A5III 2.10 02/16/00
255.5822 12.5600 130 105 NSV 9189 A5III 2.10 02/23/00
255.5822 12.5600 99 99 NSV 9189 A5III 2.10 03/01/00
34.9388 8.5698 39 0 Natalie 062100 06/21/00
34.9388 8.5698 130 0 Natalie 062100 06/28/00
34.9388 8.5698 130 0 Natalie 062100 07/05/00
34.9388 8.5698 130 0 Natalie 062100 07/12/00
34.9388 8.5698 93 0 Natalie 062100 07/19/00
113.5130 -21.4096 130 0 Natalie 2906 04/19/00
113.5130 -21.4096 130 0 Natalie 2906 04/26/00
113.5130 -21.4096 128 0 Natalie 2906 05/03/00
113.5130 -21.4096 130 0 Natalie 2906 05/10/00
153.0000 31.9237 111 0 Natalie 3951 05/17/00
153.0000 31.9237 130 0 Natalie 3951 05/24/00
153.0000 31.9237 130 0 Natalie 3951 05/31/00
153.0000 31.9237 85 0 Natalie 3951 06/07/00
40.0000 40.0000 130 129 Preemptive filler target 07/14/99
40.0000 40.0000 130 129 Preemptive filler target 07/21/99
40.0000 40.0000 37 37 Preemptive filler target 07/28/99
283.8154 -26.2967 107 81 Sigma Sgr 2.0 03/08/00
283.8154 -26.2967 130 0 Sigma Sgr 2.0 03/15/00
283.8154 -26.2967 113 0 Sigma Sgr 2.0 03/22/00
275.0000 -80.0000 130 0 Special target 1 11/10/99
275.0000 -80.0000 30 0 Special target 1 11/17/99
333.0000 75.0000 130 0 Special target 4 11/10/99
333.0000 75.0000 30 0 Special target 4 11/17/99
67.1656 15.8709 130 129 Theta2 Tau 3.40 08/02/00
67.1656 15.8709 130 117 Theta2 Tau 3.40 08/09/00
67.1656 15.8709 114 0 Theta2 Tau 3.40 08/16/00
67.1656 15.8709 92 0 Theta2 Tau 3.40 08/23/00
152.0925 11.9672 46 0 alpha Leo 06/07/00
152.0925 11.9672 51 0 alpha Leo 06/14/00
152.0925 11.9672 80 0 alpha Leo B7 V 1.35 05/20/99
152.0925 11.9672 200 0 alpha Leo B7 V 1.35 05/28/99
344.4121 -29.6222 21 0 alpha PsA A3 V 1.16 05/20/99
344.4121 -29.6222 130 0 alpha PsA A3 V 1.16 12/08/99
344.4121 -29.6222 130 0 alpha PsA A3 V 1.16 12/15/99
344.4121 -29.6222 31 0 alpha PsA A3 V 1.16 12/22/99
165.9317 61.7508 113 113 alpha UMa K0 III 1.79 06/03/99
165.9317 61.7508 111 111 alpha UMa K0 III 1.79 06/11/99
165.9317 61.7508 56 56 alpha UMa K0 III 1.79 06/18/99
165.9317 61.7508 80 40 alpha UMa K0 III 1.79 10/06/99
165.9317 61.7508 130 129 alpha UMa K0 III 1.79 10/13/99
165.9317 61.7508 130 129 alpha UMa K0 III 1.79 10/20/99
165.9317 61.7508 130 129 alpha UMa K0 III 1.79 10/27/99
165.9317 61.7508 130 129 alpha UMa K0 III 1.79 11/03/99
191.9302 -59.6887 103 0 beta Cru B0.5IV 1.20 06/18/99
191.9302 -59.6887 111 0 beta Cru B0.5IV 1.20 06/25/99
177.2649 14.5721 80 0 beta Leo A3 V 2.14 06/14/00
177.2649 14.5721 130 0 beta Leo A3 V 2.14 06/21/00
177.2649 14.5721 128 0 beta Leo A3 V 2.14 06/28/00
177.2649 14.5721 77 0 beta Leo A3 V 2.14 07/05/00
345.9429 28.0828 130 110 beta Peg M2 II-III 2.42 05/17/00
345.9429 28.0828 63 58 beta Peg M2 II-III 2.42 05/20/99
345.9429 28.0828 130 129 beta Peg M2 II-III 2.42 05/24/00
345.9429 28.0828 200 0 beta Peg M2 II-III 2.42 05/28/99
345.9429 28.0828 130 129 beta Peg M2 II-III 2.42 05/31/00
345.9429 28.0828 39 39 beta Peg M2 II-III 2.42 06/07/00
222.6764 74.1555 130 129 beta UMi K4 III 2.08 07/21/99
222.6764 74.1555 130 129 beta UMi K4 III 2.08 07/28/99
222.6764 74.1555 130 129 beta UMi K4 III 2.08 08/04/99
222.6764 74.1555 130 129 beta UMi K4 III 2.08 08/11/99
222.6764 74.1555 130 129 beta UMi K4 III 2.08 08/18/99
222.6764 74.1555 130 129 beta UMi K4 III 2.08 08/25/99
222.6764 74.1555 130 129 beta UMi K4 III 2.08 09/01/99
311.5521 33.9703 96 0 epsilon Cyg K0 III 04/12/00
311.5521 33.9703 130 0 epsilon Cyg K0 III 04/19/00
311.5521 33.9703 130 0 epsilon Cyg K0 III 04/26/00
311.5521 33.9703 57 0 epsilon Cyg K0 III 05/03/00
311.5521 33.9703 90 0 epsilon Cyg K0 III 2.46 12/22/99
193.5073 55.9598 65 65 epsilon UMa A0p 1.77 06/18/99
193.5073 55.9598 111 111 epsilon UMa A0p 1.77 06/25/99
193.5073 55.9598 130 129 epsilon UMa A0p 1.77 07/14/99
193.5073 55.9598 100 99 epsilon UMa A0p 1.77 11/17/99
193.5073 55.9598 145 144 epsilon UMa A0p 1.77 11/23/99
193.5073 55.9598 131 131 epsilon UMa A0p 1.77 11/30/99
193.5073 55.9598 131 131 epsilon UMa A0p 1.77 12/01/99
193.5073 55.9598 130 129 epsilon UMa A0p 1.77 12/08/99
193.5073 55.9598 130 129 epsilon UMa A0p 1.77 12/15/99
193.5073 55.9598 130 120 epsilon UMa A0p 1.77 12/22/99
140.5283 -55.0106 5 5 kappa Vel B2 IV 2.5 05/20/99
140.5283 -55.0106 111 0 kappa Vel B2 IV 2.5 06/11/99
140.5283 -55.0106 18 0 kappa Vel B2 IV 2.5 06/18/99


WIRE Star-Camera Asteroseismology and Stellar-Variability Papers:

  1. Buzasi, D. L., H. Bruntt, H. L. Preston, J. Mandeville, T. R. Bedding, A. Retter, J. Catanzarite, T. Conrow, R. Laher, and H. Kjeldsen, Altair: The Brightest Delta Scuti Star, Astronomy & Astrophysics, in press, 2004.

  2. Retter, A., T. R. Bedding, D. L. Buzasi, H. Kjeldsen and L. L. Kiss, Oscillations in Arcturus from WIRE Photometry, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 591:L151-L154, January 10, 2003.

  3. Cuypers, J., Buzasi, D., Aerts, C., Catanzarite, J., Laher, R., & Conrow, T. WIRE Observations of the beta Cepheid star beta Cru, Astronomy & Astrophysics, in press, 2003.

  4. Buzasi, D. L., T. J. Kreidl, J. Schou, H. L. Preston, R. Laher, J. Catanzarite, and T. Conrow, Asteroseismology of the rhoAp Star alpha Cir using the WIRE star camera, Proceedings of the AAS 199th meeting, Washington, DC, January 2002.

  5. Cuypers, J., C. Aerts, D. Buzasi, J. Catanzarite, T. Conrow, and R. Laher, Multiperiodicity in the light variations of the beta Cephei star beta Crucis, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol. 392, 599, 2002.

  6. Cuypers, J., Aerts, C., Buzasi, D., Catanzarite, J., Conrow, T., & Laher, R., A flower on a WIRE: Asteroseismology of a massive star, Radial and Nonradial Pulsations as Probes of Stellar Physics, ASP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 259, ISBN: 1-58381-099-4, 2002.

  7. Poretti, E., D. Buzasi, R. Laher, J. Catanzarite, and T. Conrow, Asteroseismology from space: the delta Scuti star theta-square Tauri monitored by the WIRE satellite, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol. 382, 157, 2002.

  8. Batalha, N. M., J. Jenkins, D. G. Koch, R. Laher, J. Catanzarite, T. Conrow, P. B. Hacking, C. J. Lonsdale, High-precision WIRE photometry of the Be Star zeta Tau, Submitted to the Astrophysical Journal, 2001.

  9. Cuypers, J., C. Aerts, D. Buzasi, J. Catanzarite, T. Conrow, and R. Laher, A flower on a WIRE: asteroseismology with a 5 cm telescope, IAU Colloquium, Vol. 185, Leuven, Belgium, July 26-31, 2001.

  10. Cuypers, J., C. Aerts, D. Buzasi, J. Catanzarite, T. Conrow, and R. Laher, Asteroseismology “on a WIRE”, Proceedings of the 1st Eddington Workshop, Cordoba, Spain, June 11-15, 2001.

  11. Kreidl, T. J., D. L. Buzasi, H. L. Preston, R. Laher, J. Catanzarite, and T. Conrow, Space-based asteroseismology of the roAp star Gamma Equ, , Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 33, p. 1501, 2001.

  12. Buzasi, D. L., T. J. Kreidl, J. Schou, H. L. Preston, R. Laher, J. Catanzarite, and T. Conrow, Asteroseismology of the roAp star Alpha Cir using the WIRE star camera, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 33, p. 1501, 2001.

  13. Buzasi, D., J. Catanzarite, R. Laher, T. Conrow, D. Shupe, T. N. Gautier III, T. Kreidl, and D. Everett, The detection of multimodal oscillations on Alpha Ursae Majoris, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 532: L133-L136, April 1, 2000.

  14. Guenther, D. B., P. Demarque, D. Buzasi, J. Catanzarite, R. Laher, T. Conrow, and T. Kreidl, Evolutionary model and oscillation frequencies for Alpha Ursae Majoris: A comparison with observations, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 530: L45-L48, February 10, 2000.

WIRE Star-Camera Performance Papers:

  1. Laher, R., J. Catanzarite, T. Conrow, T. Correll, R. Chen, D. Everett, D. Shupe, C. Lonsdale, P. Hacking, N. Gautier, and K. Lebsock, Attitude control system and star-tracker performance of the Wide-field Infrared Explorer spacecraft, Paper AAS 00-146, Proceedings of the 2000 AAS/AIAA Spaceflight Mechanics Meeting, Clearwater, FL, January 23-26, 2000.

Prepared by Russ Laher
Last updated: 1/16/04