Planet Hunters Talk

Spotting Hints

  • SoylentHolger by SoylentHolger

    Hi all,

    I was wondering how it is possible for a non astronomer to spot a transit in this curve. Any hints?

    many thanks!

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  • zoo3hans by zoo3hans

    Hi SoylentHolger,

    a planet with a radius smaller than about 1.5 R_Earth (around M_Dwarfs, otherwise rather about 2.0 R_Earth) is practically impossible to see just by eye. You have to detrend the light curve very carefully and than search with a computer program for periodic signals in the data.

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