Exoplanet Detection with Consumer Equipment

[WilliamPaolini]

I recently came across a group near where I live that configured their imaging equipment to detect exoplanet transits. I had no idea this was feasible with consumer telescopes and gear. I took a short drive to look over their equipment and talk to them to put together this article. Enjoy!

[graham.hobart]

Very interesting read.Thanks for posting!:thumbsup:

[silv]

cool! And just today, another user posted a video tutorial on how he does it with gear worth $300. http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?p=1400421#post140042 1

From your PDF, both, yours and the other guy's thread, could be interpreted as a sinister campaign to get more amateurs to do the work too unsexy for scientists ;)

[alex-borek]

There is indeed increasingly scientific interest in "citizen science" projects... one interesting project worth of having a look: https://projectpanoptes.org/