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Exoplanet HAT-P-6 b Transit, Dan Price

Exoplanet HAT-P-6 b Transit

Exoplanet HAT-P-6 b Transit, Dan Price

Exoplanet HAT-P-6 b Transit

Description

Exoplanet Transit - HAT-P-6  b.

Star - HAT-P-6, V or Gaia mag 10.5.  Approximately 898 light-years (275 pc).

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

Transit Finder - https://astro.swarthmore.edu/transits/

Data collected Nov 19, 2023.  124x120s Luminance images. Duration of transit - 202 minutes.

Left is a plot generated with AstroImageJ-5.2.1.00 using .fits light, dark, flat, and bias frames.  Right is a plot generated with NASA's EXOTIC-3.3.0 using the same calibrated and aligned .fit images.

From NASA - "HAT-P-6 b is a gas giant exoplanet that orbits an F-type star. Its mass is 1.32 Jupiters, it takes 3.9 days to complete one orbit of its star, and is 0.05239 AU from its star. Its discovery was announced in 2007."

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Exoplanet HAT-P-6 b Transit, Dan Price