Asteroseismology with the WIRE satellite

Abstract

I give a summary of results from the WIRE satellite, which has been used to observe bright stars from 1999-2000 and 2003-2006. The WIRE targets are monitored for up to five weeks with a duty cycle of 30-40%. The aim has been to characterize the flux variation of stars across the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram. I present an overview of the results for solar-like stars, delta Scuti stars, giant stars, and eclipsing binaries.

arXiv commentAccepted for publication in CoAst. Proceedings of the Vienna Workshop on the Future of Asteroseismology (September 2006). 8 pages, 2 figures

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