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Exoplanet K2-29 b Transit, Dan Price

Exoplanet K2-29 b Transit

Exoplanet K2-29 b Transit, Dan Price

Exoplanet K2-29 b Transit

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Exoplanet Transit - K2-29 b.

Star - K2-29, apparent magnitude 12.5.  Approximately 577.9 ly (177.2 pc).

Telescope - Celestron EdgeHD 11"
Camera - ASI6200mm Pro
Mount - Astro-Physics Mach2GTO

Data collected Nov 05, 2023.  72x300s Luminance images. Duration of transit - 133 minutes.

Left is a plot generated with AstroImageJ using .fits light, dark, flat, and bias frames.  Right is a plot generated with EXOTIC using only the .fits light frames.

From NASA - "K2-29 b is a gas giant exoplanet that orbits a G-type star. Its mass is 0.73 Jupiters, it takes 3.3 days to complete one orbit of its star, and is 0.04217 AU from its star. Its discovery was announced in 2016."

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Exoplanet K2-29 b Transit, Dan Price