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Share your observations
Sharing with a crowd
Up to 10 people can gather around the eVscope 2 using their smartphones or tablets,
including you, Only the "Operator" can operate on the eVscope 2. Others will be
considered as "Watchers" and will not be able to control the eVscope 2. You can request
to become the Operator in the user tab of the App.
Remotely sharing your observations
Your smartphone needs to be connected to your eVscope 2 via WiFi ; you can use your
cellular connection (3G/4G/5G) to stream on the Internet at the same time. You can also
plug your smartphone to your computer to share your smartphone’s screen on it and to
use its WiFi connection to stream.
Use Apps like Zoom or Skype to share the screen with Unistellar community.
Scan this QR code to be redirected to our FAQ
with more visual content including a video on
how to stream your Unistellar app on Internet
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Exoplanet Transit
Why observe them ?
For science; in the 90’s two scientists detected the fi rst exoplanet, since then, thousands
of planets have been detected, orbiting around stars, we also came to realize that each
star/planet system does not necessarily have the same confi guration as our solar system.
Moreover, observing exoplanets will perhaps allow us one day to discover another form of
life or a planet similar to Earth.
The easiest technique to observe them is the transit method: observe a bright star when
the exoplanet passes between the star and your position on Earth.
Unistellar scientists are providing a list of targets to observe with your eVscope 2 every
month.
We have identifi ed several scientifi c areas where the Unistellar/SETI network can make
important contributions to scientifi c research :
- Repetitive and coordinated observations of short period Jupiter-sized exoplanets to
accurately measure their size and orbit shortly after their discovery.
- Coordinated observations of transits to confi rm their existence and inspect the areas
surrounding these exoplanets to infer the presence of other objects (disks, other planets,
large moons).
To discover new exoplanets, learn more here:
unistellaroptics.com/citizen-science/exoplanets