IOTA/ME And CUMO University Joint Workshop on Binary stars and Exoplanets

This workshop was held in the physics department of the CUMO university in 3 days Officially started in 21feb and finished at 23feb (2016). The first day of the binaries and exoplanets workshop was started with observation program on an Exoplanet using the University observatories 60cm Telescope. At the second day 12 papers (6 from Iranian participants and 6 from Turkish participants) Been Presented in-front of the President of the Physics Faculty, Students, Professors and The administrators of the National observatory of Turkey. And in the last day of the workshop Assigned to Data Analyzing of the Transit Noted from the Observed Exoplanet.

IOTA/ME And CUMO University Joint Workshop on Binary stars and Exoplanets
IOTA/ME And CUMO University Joint Workshop on Binary stars and Exoplanets
IOTA/ME And CUMO University Joint Workshop on Binary stars and Exoplanets
IOTA/ME And CUMO University Joint Workshop on Binary stars and Exoplanets

IOTA/ME And CUMO University Joint Workshop on Binary stars and Exoplanets
IOTA/ME And CUMO University Joint Workshop on Binary stars and Exoplanets

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Introducing TTV project in Iota Middle East

Introducing TTV project in Iota Middle East

Planet detection from transit timing variations is a method for determining the existence and properties of a planet from the gravitational perturbations it induces on the orbit of another, transiting planet. In an unperturbed planetary system consisting of a star and a planet, the two bodies revolve around their center of mass in a Keplerian orbit. If in this system the planet transits the star, it will cross the disk of the star at same time during each transit. If because of some external perturbation (e.g., a second planet) the motion of the transiting planet deviates from purely Keplerian, the time of the mid-transit will be different from one orbit to another. This is known as transit timing variation (TTV). (Haghighipour, Nader. "Planet Detection: Transit Timing Variation", 2014)
A group in Iota Middle East is working on this project in collaboration with groups in other countries. We all will be glad if other enthusiastic researchers or groups join us in this exoplanetary project.
Project manager: Javad Jafarzade, (sj.jafarzade@gmail.com)
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Workshop on Binary Stars and exoplanets in Turkey

Workshop on Binary Stars and exoplanets in Turkey


Workshop Program:
21st February 2016
15:00-19:00 Preparation for the joint observations
19:00-24:00 Joint observations in three telescopes
22nd February 2016
09:30 Opening
10:00-10:30 COMU Observatory and Astronomy in Turkey; Osman Demircan
10:30-10:50 About IOTA/ME and Scientific projects; Atila Poro
10:50-11:15 Astronomy in Iran; Kambiz Khaleghi
11:15- 11:45 Interplanetary shock waves; Hüseyin Çavuş
11:45-12:00 Joint discussion
12:00-13:30 Lunch
13:30-13:50 Exoplanetary Observations at COMU Observatory; Çağlar Püsküllü
13:50-14:10 Asteroid Observations at COMU Observatory; Afşar Kabaş
14:10-14:30 Spectroscopy of gamma Dor and delta Scuti variables; Filiz Kahraman
14:30-14:50 Period Study of V1095 Her and V1101 Her; Oğuz Öztürk
14:50-15:10 Joint discussion
15:10-15:40 Best pictures in observation; Atila Poro
15:40-16:20 Optimization of photometric data for detecting exoplanets; Javad Jafarzadeh
16:20-17:00 Intrinsic variable stars; Mohammed Javad Shhosseini
17:00-17:40 Introducing TTV Project; Mojdeh Dalir Sharami
17:40-18:00 The impact of cosmic rays on life; Maryam Mostafavi
18:00-19:00 Joint discussion
19:00-21:00 Dinner

Organizing Committee:
Osman Demircan
Atila Poro
Ahmet Erdem
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JOE 2

JOE 2


The second issue of JOE (Journal of Occultation and Eclipse). This journal is open source and published by the International Occultation Timing Association Middle East section (IOTA/ME).

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Predicting outgassing and instabilityof asteroid TB 145 in passing of the Earth’s orbit

The recent discovery of the asteroid TB 145 (also categorized as comet, Because of its highly eccentric orbit and inclination)[1] is a good opportunity for a precise observation by the observatory and institutes all over the world. From its orbital path[1], it is predicted that it will pass the orbit of the earth from the distance of 1.3 times the lunar distance from the Earth.
Predicting outgassing and instabilityof asteroid TB 145 in passing of the Earth’s orbit

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The first successful observation lunar Occultation in daylight in the Middle East

observational Aldebaran occultation data planning has done by occultation department of IOTA-ME, Dez Scholars Institute and Adib Astronomical Center of Isfahan, this work has done during the day. This occultation date was on 09/05/2015 at 06:36:54 GMT (11:06:54 local time). The occultation has successfully observed, timed and recorded by Dez Scholars Institute and Adib Astronomical Center of Isfahan. IOTA/ME was the data collector and all of the reports have sent to the global data collector of IOTA, Mr. Gault which he confirmed the Iranians' reports ...

The first successful observation lunar Occultation in daylight in the Middle East

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