Sector 38



× Warning for Sector 38 (April 2021):The TESS Input Catalog was updated to v8.2. This new TIC identifies some newly discovered ARTIFACT and DUPLICATE sources that were not flagged in v8.0/8.1. For a description of these anomalies please read Section 1.1 of the DRN in addition to supplemental material.

Sector 38 Information

For full data release notes see: DRN55. For a list of TIC IDs with noted issues, see this list.

Update: The TESS Input Catalog was updated to v8.2. This new TIC identifies some newly discovered ARTIFACT and DUPLICATE sources that were not flagged in v8.0/8.1. For a description of these anomalies please read Section 1.1 of the DRN in addition to supplemental material.

Sector Summary

  • Sector dates: April 29 to May 26 2021
  • Pointing: Southern hemisphere
  • Days of Science Data Collection: 25.74
  • Days of Paused Data Collection: 0.96



    • Spacecraft Pointing (deg)

    RA dec roll
    Spacecraft 195.72 -67.83 139.35
    Camera 1 223.78 -35.52 252.42
    Camera 2 210.45 -57.81 242.52
    Camera 3 164.45 -74.88 19.59
    Camera 4 90.0 -66.56 308.17



    Orbit Summary

    Orbits Dates (UTC)

    Start - End

    		 Cadence #

    Start - End

    		 Momentum dumps
    83 2021-04-29 - 2021-05-11 796604 - 805592 1
    84 2021-05-12 - 2021-05-26 806284 - 815829 1



    Sector Notes

    Noted Issue Description
    Spacecraft pointing Camera 4 alone was used for guiding in orbit 83 of Sector 38. Both Cameras 1 and 4 were used for guiding in orbit 84.
    Scattered light In Sector 38, there is scattered light for most of both orbits.