SYSTEM / TRANSITSIFT
Prepares the evidence
- Calibration and alignment
- Relative-brightness measurements
- Quality-control warnings
- A fit based on accepted evidence
QC NOTECompact sources; stable sky
Clear comparison exposure. Stars are compact and the background is even.
Visual interface prototype · canonical TransitSift frame exports will replace this illustrative field before public launch
ExoInquiry by Stellimetry
Real telescope data.Real scientific discovery.
In three to five class periods, students recover and measure the known transit of WASP-12 b, evaluate the evidence, and export a scientific report—without installing specialist astronomy software.
Known target · authentic evidence review · student-owned claim
The division of work
Automation handles fragile processing. Students make the scientific decisions.
TransitSift prepares measurements and flags possible problems. It does not decide what the observation proves. Students inspect, challenge, interpret, and defend.
ANALYST / STUDENT
Makes the judgment
- Which frames are trustworthy?
- Is the dip statistically convincing?
- How deep is the measured transit?
- What claim does uncertainty allow?
One complete research arc
From raw observation to defended evidence.
Each stage leaves the consequential choices visible and reversible, so the result never becomes a black-box answer.
- 01
Meet the question
Learn what a transit should do to a star’s measured brightness—and why one exposure cannot answer the question.
- 02
Inspect the observation
Compare exposures, review quality warnings, and decide which evidence can be trusted.
- 03
Build the light curve
See how accepted and rejected measurements change the pattern that emerges over time.
- 04
Measure the transit
Estimate depth and timing, examine uncertainty, and ask whether the dip is convincing.
- 05
Defend the claim
Export a short report that records the decisions, measurement, uncertainty, and conclusion.
The result is not the lesson
The reasoning is.
WASP-12 b is already known. Students are not claiming a new planet. They are testing whether one observation recovers its transit—and learning how scientists move from imperfect data to a defensible conclusion.
Make one evidence decisionBuilt for an ordinary class period
Serious science. Quiet setup.
ExoInquiry is being designed around a short teacher setup, browser-based student entry, and a dependable prepared dataset. Teachers choose individual or team work and control how much analysis students perform themselves.
- 01Prepared WASP-12 b investigation
- 02Class and individual seat codes
- 03Individual or team assignments
- 04Guided mode by default
- 05Progress and evidence review
- 06Rubric and downloadable reports
Free · no account · about 10 minutes
Let the evidence change your mind.
Review a flagged exposure, see the light curve respond, and decide what this observation supports.