Cheops News and Results

Now that the Cheops mission has launched and has started commissioning, it's time for a news and results thread as we did for TESS, Kepler and CoRoT.

First up: First light image featuring HD 70843.
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Cheops/A_perfect_blur_First_image_by_exoplanet_watcher_Cheops

Commissioning is complete!

Airbus successfully completes In Orbit Commissioning of CHEOPS
https://www.airbus.com/newsroom/press-releases/en/2020/03/airbus-successfully-completes-in-orbit-commissioning-of-cheops.html

http://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Cheops/Cheops_observes_its_first_exoplanets_and_is_ready_for_science

Cheops observes its first exoplanets and is ready for science

Cheops, ESA’s new exoplanet mission, has successfully completed its almost three months of in-orbit commissioning, exceeding expectations for its performance. The satellite, which will commence routine science operations by the end of April, has already obtained promising observations of known exoplanet-hosting stars, with many exciting discoveries to come.

http://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Cheops/First_results_from_Cheops_ESA_s_exoplanet_observer_reveals_extreme_alien_world

First results from Cheops: ESA’s exoplanet observer reveals extreme alien world

ESA’s new exoplanet mission, Cheops, has found a nearby planetary system to contain one of the hottest and most extreme extra-solar planets known to date: WASP-189 b. The finding, the very first from the mission, demonstrates Cheops’ unique ability to shed light on the Universe around us by revealing the secrets of these alien worlds.


https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/pdf/forth/aa38677-20.pdf

The hot dayside and asymmetric transit of WASP-189 b seen by CHEOPS

CHEOPS Observations of the HD 108236 Planetary System: A Fifth Planet, Improved Ephemerides, and Planetary Radii
http://arxiv.org/abs/2101.00663v1

Updates from WASP-47 system
A new dynamical modeling of the WASP-47 system with CHEOPS observations
https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.01352