Hi all,
I'm wondering if anyone would have an idea of the limits of photometric sensitivity of a competent amateur in terms of detecting an exoplanet? More specifically, would an amateur be capable of detecting a 0.5% drop in flux from an ~ mag 15 star?
The reason I ask is that a while ago a posted on a thread (
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...d.php?t=101591) that I had been presented with a potential exoplanet while using the Planet Hunters website. Confirmation of the exoplanet would rely on a third transit being detected in Nov 2013 by the Kepler Space Telescope. Given the precipitous condition of Kepler, this seems unlikely to happen.
I'm just wondering if it's worth pursuing the idea of asking for help from earth bound amateurs to detect this transit, but have no idea if this is within the realms detection.
Malc