The research paper of the 6th Astronomical Summer School of Iran has been published in New Astronomy Journal

The research paper of the 6th Astronomical Summer School of Iran has been published in New Astronomy Journal

Title: Light Curve Analysis of Ground-Based Data from Exoplanets Transit Database
Authors: F. Davoudi; S. J. Jafarzadeh; A. Poro; O. Basturk; S. Mesforoush; A. Fasihi Harandi; MJ. Gozarandi; Z. Zare Mehrjardi; P. D. Maley; S. Khakpash; K. Rokni; A. Sarostad
Abstract: Photometric observations of exoplanet transits can be used to derive the orbital and physical parameters of an exoplanet. We analyzed several transit light curves of exoplanets that are suitable for ground-based observations whose complete information is available on the Exoplanet Transit Database (ETD). We analyzed transit data of planets including HAT-P-8 b, HAT-P-16 b, HAT-P-21 b, HAT-P-22 b, HAT-P-28 b and HAT-P-30 b using the AstroImageJ (AIJ) software package. In this paper, we investigated 82 transit light curves from ETD, deriving their physical parameters as well as computing their mid-transit times for future Transit Timing Variation (TTV) analyses. The Precise values of the parameters show that using AIJ as a fitting tool for follow-up observations can lead to results comparable to the values at the NASA Exoplanet Archive (the NEA). Such information will be invaluable considering the numbers of future discoveries from ground and space-based exoplanet surveys.

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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1384107619300508?via%3Dihub#!