Category Archives: HPF Science

The Mysterious Blue Ring Nebula Uncovered

Posted on November 18, 2020 by Gudmundur Kari Stefansson

The Blue Ring Nebula is a rare and peculiar object composed of gas expanding from a central star, and is the subject of the most recent paper involving data from HPF. The Blue Ring Nebula (Figure 1) was originally discovered … Continue reading →

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HPF Science Featured on AAS Nova

Posted on October 2, 2020 by Paul M Robertson

Our recent HPF study of starspot signals from rapidly-rotating M dwarfs was featured today on AAS Nova.  AAS Nova highlights the most interesting new scientific results published in the American Astronomical Society’s family of research journals.  Congratulations to the HPF … Continue reading →

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HPF discovers a Jupiter transiting the cool star TOI-1899

Posted on September 15, 2020 by Caleb I. Cañas

HPF has confirmed the planetary nature of a single-transiting Jupiter-sized planet (1.15 Jupiter radii) orbiting a nearby low mass M dwarf star on an orbital period of ~29 days. The paper has been published in the Astronomical Journal and is available on … Continue reading →

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