# Vanderburg 2014: A Technique for Extracting Highly Precise Photometry for the Two-Wheeled Kepler Mission

> Andrew Vanderburg, John Asher Johnson, 2014. 4 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The light-curve pipeline used for the discovery analysis.

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# A Technique for Extracting Highly Precise Photometry for the Two-Wheeled Kepler Mission

Andrew Vanderburg, John Asher Johnson, 2014. _Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 126(944), 948–958_.

The K2SFF self-flat-fielding method, which removes the pointing-drift systematics from K2 photometry.

**HD 139139, the "Random Transiter"** Articledoi: **[10.1086/678764](https://doi.org/10.1086/678764)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The light-curve pipeline used for the discovery analysis.

## Cited by on this site 4 records

[Among 619 bright saturated K2 C15 stars, only HD 139139 shows random multi-hour dips](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hd-139139-random-transiter/evidence/EVD0DD2G5H5GJJG/among-619-bright-saturated-k2-c15-stars-only-hd-139139-shows)

Evidence

EVD

[The K2 dips stand out in two independent reductions under a symmetric null](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hd-139139-random-transiter/evidence/EVD0DD2G4SX1J8X/the-k2-dips-stand-out-in-two-independent-reductions-under-a)

Evidence

EVD

[Andrew Vanderburg](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hd-139139-random-transiter/people/FIG0D79RXXR6BPA/andrew-vanderburg)

FIG

[HD 139139, the "Random Transiter"](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hd-139139-random-transiter)

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite it

```
Vanderburg, A., & Johnson, J. A. (2014). A Technique for Extracting Highly Precise Photometry for the Two-Wheeled Kepler Mission. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 126(944), 948–958. https://doi.org/10.1086/678764
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[Read it free at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1086/678764)

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