Who of you look for exoplanets?

[alfa015 (Alberto)]

Hi!

I was wondering who of you is engaged in the confirmation or even discovery of exoplanets in practice (with a telescope), or who of you have detected at least one exoplanet that already exists.

If you would be so kind to include the specific location where you live and whether or not you live (not only own, but live) in a house with garden or flat with own roof, and what is your e-mail and website in case you have. Feel free to send the info by private message.

I'm creating a global map with all the amateur astronomers in the field of exoplanets, so you can find each other easily to collaborate or whatever. TRESCA is one of my sources yes.. but I want to do a more precise map.

Regards.

PS to the moderator at hand: I would appreciate if you could please leave this post apart, as it does not have anything to do with my other posts. Thank you.

[RB (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by alfa015

PS to the moderator at hand: I would appreciate if you could please leave this post apart, as it does not have anything to do with my other posts. Thank you.[/B]

It's the same topic as ALL your previous (Multiple) threads that I've had to combine into one, "Exoplanet research at home."

I will allow only this thread but don't start any new threads on this topic.
You've had little response to your previous threads here.

RB

[alfa015 (Alberto)]

Originally Posted by RB

It's the same topic as ALL your previous (Multiple) threads that I've had to combine into one, "Exoplanet research at home."

I will allow only this thread but don't start any new threads on this topic.
You've had little response to your previous threads here.

RB

Thanks for the answer and for allowing the post.

I have multiple threads on looking for exoplanets from home yes, I think there are 3 threads that refer to 3 different ways.

But this post is about a global network of amateur exoplanet hunters, it refers to a map, something totally different.

Regards.

[RobF (Rob)]

I was just thinking about this the other day actually. Wondering if anyone with "pretty pictures" type equipment (refractors, smaller newts etc) had succeeded in demonstrating KNOWN explanets .

Separate to serious search for new ones obviously, but would be cool to "see" the brightness dip and know what you'd demonstrating with your own scope.

[Windston (Dan)]

Originally Posted by RobF

I was just thinking about this the other day actually. Wondering if anyone with "pretty pictures" type equipment (refractors, smaller newts etc) had succeeded in demonstrating KNOWN explanets .

Separate to serious search for new ones obviously, but would be cool to "see" the brightness dip and know what you'd demonstrating with your own scope.

Sure! Last year I attempted it. At the time I was using an NEQ6, Canon 450D and a Celestron 130SLT 5" f/5 newt. I found the transit time for WASP-35B, shot 30s subs for like 4hours, and after 24 hours of grueling headbashing trying to figure out how to get IRIS to work, I managed to produce data that was acceptable. Granted, I never got the flat frames to work, which was a huge mistake when doing photometry. Now I have PixInsight, I intend on trying the data set again by calibrating in PI, and then doing the photometry in IRIS.

Anyway, even if the data came out ****, there is still an obvious dip there, which really blew my socks off!
http://i.imgur.com/gBgCyUc.png

Obviously, the magnitide delta is completly off , but I was running on lack of sleep being in the middle of my Yr11 exam block!

[RobF (Rob)]

That's pretty awesome Dan! Likes like a significant dip for sure if everything else was correct. Astronomers from your Dad's generation would have probably had a hard time believing you could do that from the backyard.

Hats off.....

[bojan]

I sort of planned to to engage in detecting Proxima_B, but didn't do much due to lack of time and bad weather on the nights of expected transit...
I took couple of series of images of Proxima and processed them in AstroImageJ, which is designed for photometry and much easier to use than IRIS.
All looked very promising it terms of methodology (SNR was not that good, detection of transit (provided it occurred at all) was at the brink of possibility) ... so one day (night), when I retire, I may try again.

[alfa015 (Alberto)]

Originally Posted by Windston

Sure! Last year I attempted it. At the time I was using an NEQ6, Canon 450D and a Celestron 130SLT 5" f/5 newt. I found the transit time for WASP-35B, shot 30s subs for like 4hours, and after 24 hours of grueling headbashing trying to figure out how to get IRIS to work, I managed to produce data that was acceptable. Granted, I never got the flat frames to work, which was a huge mistake when doing photometry. Now I have PixInsight, I intend on trying the data set again by calibrating in PI, and then doing the photometry in IRIS.

Anyway, even if the data came out ****, there is still an obvious dip there, which really blew my socks off!
http://i.imgur.com/gBgCyUc.png

Obviously, the magnitide delta is completly off , but I was running on lack of sleep being in the middle of my Yr11 exam block!

Great dip!

[Atmos (Colin)]

Although I haven't done any planetary transits I have done variable stars with MaximDL and found it very easy to use.
I've also got MPO Canopus which can work well once all subs have been pre-registered.

[sil (Steve)]

Originally Posted by RobF

That's pretty awesome Dan! Likes like a significant dip for sure if everything else was correct. Astronomers from your Dad's generation would have probably had a hard time believing you could do that from the backyard.

Hats off.....

Ditto from me !