{"id":16358,"date":"2018-06-24T21:43:54","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T02:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=16358"},"modified":"2018-06-24T21:43:54","modified_gmt":"2018-06-25T02:43:54","slug":"cool-astro-pics-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2018\/06\/24\/cool-astro-pics-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Cool Astro Pics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>NASA<\/strong><\/em> has a new mission coming up to speed called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/goddard\/2018\/nasa-s-new-planet-hunter-snaps-initial-test-image-swings-by-moon-toward-final-orbit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>TESS<\/strong><\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>NASA\u2019s next planet hunter, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), is one step closer to searching for new worlds after successfully completing a lunar flyby on May 17. The spacecraft passed about 5,000 miles from the Moon, which provided a\u00a0gravity assist that helped TESS sail toward its final working orbit.<\/p>\n<p>As part of camera commissioning, the science team snapped a two-second test exposure using one of the four TESS cameras. The image, centered on the southern constellation Centaurus, reveals more than 200,000 stars. The edge of the Coalsack Nebula is in the right upper corner and the bright star Beta Centauri is visible at the lower left edge. TESS is expected to cover more than 400 times as much sky as shown in this image with its four cameras during its initial two-year search for exoplanets. A \u00a0science-quality image, also referred to as a \u201cfirst light\u201d image, is expected to be released in June.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the test pic:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nasa.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/full_width\/public\/thumbnails\/image\/embargo20180518fordisplay4flat8x10300dpiedit1textflat.jpg?resize=800%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m looking forward to more out of this telescope.<\/p>\n<div class=\"dnd-atom-wrapper type-image context-full_width\" contenteditable=\"false\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA has a new mission coming up to speed called TESS: NASA\u2019s next planet hunter, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), is one step closer to searching for new worlds after successfully completing a lunar flyby on May 17. The spacecraft passed about 5,000 miles from the Moon, which provided \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2018\/06\/24\/cool-astro-pics-12\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16358"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16359,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16358\/revisions\/16359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}