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Exoplanet HAT-P-16 b Transit, Dan Price

Exoplanet HAT-P-16 b Transit

Exoplanet HAT-P-16 b Transit, Dan Price

Exoplanet HAT-P-16 b Transit

Description

Exoplanet Transit - HAT-P-16  b.

Star - HAT-P-16, V or Gaia mag 10.9.  Approximately 739 light-years (227 pc).

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

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

Data collected Nov 30, 2023.  129x120s Luminance images. Duration of transit - 184 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-16 b is a gas giant exoplanet that orbits an F-type star. Its mass is 4.193 Jupiters, it takes 2.8 days to complete one orbit of its star, and is 0.0413 AU from its star. Its discovery was announced in 2010."

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Exoplanet HAT-P-16 b Transit, Dan Price