NEOSSat's value for hard-to-observe transits

Christopher Mann ( Université de Montréal )


NEOSSat is a small Canadian space telescope that began its general observing program in recent years. Though designed to observe near-Earth objects, its on-board photometer and new fine-pointing mode make it well-suited for exoplanet transit observations. For the last few years I have been using NEOSSat to follow up hard-to-observe TESS targets, particularly those with long transits or unknown periods. Being a space-based instrument, NEOSSat lends itself to these types of observations and has produced some exciting results.