What is this?
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flappity
Are these planetary transits? Or is it an eclipsing binary like one of the posters has tagged. I see stuff like this time to time and it looks like the Help "examples" of planet transits. I just want to make sure I've got an understanding of what things are, you know?
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davidbundy77
This is an eclipsing binary. That is two stars which orbit each other and eclipse each other. It is not always easy to tell the difference between a transiting planet and an eclipsing binary, but in this case the drop in brightness is much too big for a planet. Compare my post here http://talk.planethunters.org/#/boards/BPH0000006/discussions/DPH0000yf3
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flappity
Ahh, okay. That makes a lot of sense, thank you!
It still says to mark "transits" and in the section that pops up under the main window when you click the help button lists eclipsing binaries as a "transit" (as opposed to being under "non-transit events). Are we still supposed to be marking those?
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