Planet Hunters Talk

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  • Siyaa by Siyaa

    This is a pretty bizarre looking curve to me. Would this technically be a flare? I'm fairly new to all of this and I have little knowledge of the science behind all of this.

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  • davidbundy77 by davidbundy77

    No this is not a flare. Flares cause abrupt increases in brightness that only last for a few hours.

    This light curve shows a slow decrease in brightness thoughout the entire observation period. This might just be an artifact of the data processing procedure or the star could have some long-term instrinsic variability.

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  • FrancesPatrick by FrancesPatrick

    I can't figure out what I am looking for. I am new to this and confused. Is a curve a misplaced dot? What exactly does a transit look like on the grap

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