Jim Aldrich
12/20/2011 12:25:08 PM
My first attempt to measure the transit of an exoplanet was on a night with poor seeing and a full moon. Wasp-50b is a hot jupiter orbiting a 11.55 mag star. If you use your imagination you can see a depth of around 20 milimags & transit time of 108 min. which agrees with other observations. The blue line represents a comparison star that was fluctuating at +/- 10 milimags due to poor seeing conditions.
Journey's End Observatory
14" Meade LX200ACF
CGE-Pro Mount
SBIG STL-11000M Camera
MOAG & AO-L Guided
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