CAOSP abstracts, Volume: 50, No.: 2, year: 2020

Author(s): Mikulášek, Z.; Skarka, M.
Journal: Contributions of the Astronomical Observatory Skalnaté Pleso, vol. 50, no. 2, p. 430-435.
Date: 3/2020
Title: How far can we trust published TESS periods?
Keyword(s): stars: variable, period analysis, TESS data
Pages: 430 -- 435
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31577/caosp.2020.50.2.430
NASA ADS Abstract Service: 2020CoSka..50..430M
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License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Abstract: Possible inaccuracies in the determination of periods from short-term time series caused by disregarding light curve instrumental effects are documented. As an example, we present a Lomb-Scargle period analysis of a simulated TESS-like light curve.