WET Announcements

• XCOV 25 , held in May 2006, was the first WET run sponsored by the Delaware Asteroseismic Research Center and Mt.Cuba Observatory. To view the results of this run, go to XCOV 25 Website.

• The November 2007 campaign on G38-29 is complete. We obtained over 225 hours of data. This campaign began as an investigation of G38-29 as a possible target for light curve fitting, and grew into nearly a full fledged WET run. Here in Delaware, we jokingly call it XCOV25.5. To see the observations, go to November 2007 G38-29 Website.
• Preparations for XCOV26 are well underway. See the Targets Page

• We are always looking for interesting targets. There is no formal application process. If you have an interesting target that you think needs WET, please send the info (the target name and a couple of paragraphs concerning the scientific goals) to Dr.Judi Provencal or anyone on the advisory board, or go to Target Proposal.

• The August 2007 WET workshop was a great success. We are working on the conference proceedings, and creating a meeting website.

Recent WET Publications

• Silvotti, R. et al. "A giant planet orbiting the `extreme horizontal branch' star V391 Pegasi", Nature, 449, Issue 1759, 189

• Vuckovic, M. et al. "Whole Earth Telescope Observations of the Pulsating Subdwarf B Star PG 0014+067", ApJ, 646, 1230

• N. Dolez, et al. (the WET collaboration), "Whole Earth telescope observations of the ZZ Ceti star HL Tau 76", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 446, 237 (2006).

• D. W. Kurtz et al. (the WET collaboration), "Pushing the ground-based limit: 14-umag photometric precision with the definitive Whole Earth Telescope asteroseismic data set for the rapidly oscillating Ap star HR1217", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 358, 651 (2005).

   

• Wood, M.A. et al. (the WET collaboration), "DQ Herculis in Profile: Whole Earth Telescope observations and smoothed particle hydronamics simulations of an edge-on cataclysmic variable system", Astrophysical Journal, 634, 570 (2005).

   

• A. Kanaan, A. Nitta et al. (the WET collaboration), Whole Earth Telescope observations of BPM 37093: A seismological test of crystallization theory in white dwarfs", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 432, 219 (2005).

   

• S. D. Kawaler, E. M. Potter, M. Vuckovic et al. (the WET collaboration), "Whole Earth Telescope observations of the pulsating hot white dwarf PG 1707+427", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 428, 969 (2004).

   

• Castanheira, B. G., Kepler, S. O., Moskalik, P. et. al. (the WET collaboration), i "Observations of the Pulsating White Dwarf G 185-32", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 413, 623 (2004)

   

• M.D. Reed, S.D. Kawaler, et al. (the WET collaboration), "The long term pulsational stability of the pulsating sdB star Feige 48", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 348, 1164. (2004).

   

• D. Kilkenny, M.D. Reed, D. O'Donoghue, S.D. Kawaler et al. (the WET collaboration), "A Whole Earth Telescope campaign on the pulsating subdwarf B binary system PG 1336-018 (NY Vir)", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 345, 834 (2003).

The papers listed above can be obtained in electronic form from their respective links if your institution has the necessary journal subscriptions and copyright clearances.

See the Publications for more WET papers and for downloads.....

The Whole Earth Telescope (WET) is a collaborative effort between astronomers all over the world who are interested in studying the variability of astronomical objects. Objects that vary continuously require constant monitoring in order to unambiguously measure the intrinsic variations, which is impossible from a single site on Earth. The WET was one of the first worldwide collaborations of this type, and continues as an example of international cooperation in astronomy. This website contains information about the history, activities and publications of the WET collaboration.

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