A precursor atlas for direct imaging
The Habitable Worlds Observatory is still a developing mission concept. This atlas joins public precursor catalogues and computes orbit-conditioned accessibility only under three declared analytic telescope trade cases.
HPIC v1.1 + TSS25 · Gaia multiplicity · Monte Carlo orbital geometry
12,944
HPIC stars
complete precursor catalogue
471
known hosts
catalogue exact matches
694
supported planets
generic accessibility forecast
3
trade cases
aperture · wavelength · IWA
What the analysis found
Accessibility changes with the assumed observatory
Angular separation, reflected-light contrast and unknown orbital phase interact. A target accessible in a 500 nm, 8 m trade case may fail at 750 nm or with a smaller aperture. The atlas exposes those dependencies instead of publishing a mission-independent target score.
