The SuPerPiG Observing Grid is a NASA funded citizen science program that trains teachers to observe transits of Ultra-Hot Jupiters.
SuPerPiG stands for Short Period Planets Group, an international group of scientists committed to studying short-period exoplanets, like Hot Jupiters, via transit observations.
We Need Your Help!
We are looking for motivated teachers from our Telescopes for Teachers program to join our observing grid and help us collect transit data for short-period exoplanets! Space-based missions such as TESS require many follow-up observations of planetary candidates to understand more about what other worlds are out there. Members of the Observing Grid would be helping to complete these observations to update orbital periods, detect false positive planet candidates, and contribute to a growing database of potentially doomed worlds.
Still Have Questions?
Reach out by emailing observatory@boisestate.edu for more information and ways to get involved!