The Visual Survey Group: A Decade of Hunting Exoplanets and Unusual Stellar Events with Space-Based Telescopes. (arXiv:2205.07832v1 [astro-ph.EP])
<a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Kristiansen_M/0/1/0/all/0/1">Martti H. K. Kristiansen</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Rappaport_S/0/1/0/all/0/1">Saul A. Rappaport</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Vanderburg_A/0/1/0/all/0/1">Andrew M. Vanderburg</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Jacobs_T/0/1/0/all/0/1">Thomas L. Jacobs</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Schwengeler_H/0/1/0/all/0/1">Hans Martin Schwengeler</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Gagliano_R/0/1/0/all/0/1">Robert Gagliano</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Terentev_I/0/1/0/all/0/1">Ivan A. Terentev</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+LaCourse_D/0/1/0/all/0/1">Daryll M. LaCourse</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Omohundro_M/0/1/0/all/0/1">Mark R. Omohundro</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Schmitt_A/0/1/0/all/0/1">Allan R. Schmitt</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Powell_B/0/1/0/all/0/1">Brian P. Powell</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Kostov_V/0/1/0/all/0/1">Veselin B. Kostov</a>
This article presents the history of the Visual Survey Group (VSG) – a
Professional-Amateur (Pro-Am) collaboration within the field of astronomy
working on data from several space missions (Kepler, K2 and TESS). This paper
covers the formation of the VSG, its survey-methods including the most common
tools used and its discoveries made over the past decade. So far, the group has
visually surveyed nearly 10 million light curves and authored 69 peer-reviewed
papers which mainly focus on exoplanets and discoveries involving multistellar
systems found using the transit method. The preferred manual search-method
carried out by the VSG has revealed its strength by detecting numerous
sub-stellar objects which were overlooked or discarded by automated search
programs, uncovering some of the most rare stars in our galaxy, and leading to
several serendipitous discoveries of unprecedented astrophysical phenomena. The
main purpose of the VSG is to assist in the exploration of our local Universe,
and we therefore advocate continued crowd-sourced examination of time-domain
data sets, and invite other research teams to reach out in order to establish
collaborating projects.
This article presents the history of the Visual Survey Group (VSG) – a
Professional-Amateur (Pro-Am) collaboration within the field of astronomy
working on data from several space missions (Kepler, K2 and TESS). This paper
covers the formation of the VSG, its survey-methods including the most common
tools used and its discoveries made over the past decade. So far, the group has
visually surveyed nearly 10 million light curves and authored 69 peer-reviewed
papers which mainly focus on exoplanets and discoveries involving multistellar
systems found using the transit method. The preferred manual search-method
carried out by the VSG has revealed its strength by detecting numerous
sub-stellar objects which were overlooked or discarded by automated search
programs, uncovering some of the most rare stars in our galaxy, and leading to
several serendipitous discoveries of unprecedented astrophysical phenomena. The
main purpose of the VSG is to assist in the exploration of our local Universe,
and we therefore advocate continued crowd-sourced examination of time-domain
data sets, and invite other research teams to reach out in order to establish
collaborating projects.
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