Wasp43b

Wasp43b:
The running average magnitude of star Wasp43 observed on February 28th, 2016 (Julian Day 2457448). The transit of exoplanet Wasp43b lasted for 68 ± 1 minutes and caused a magnitude change of 0.0296 ± 0.0033, which is a 2% difference from the magnitude recorded on the Exoplanet Transit Database.

Right Ascension: 10h 19m 38s
Declination: -9° 48' 22"
Apparent Magnitude: 12.4

Date: February 2016
Equipment:
Telescope: Meade 16" Schmidt Cassegrain with f6.3 reducer
Camera: SBIG ST-10XE
Guiding: Meade 5" refractor; Starshoot Autoguider; PHD

Exposure: 60 s Clear filter
Processing Notes: Dark Subtraction and Flat Field reduction and alignment in CCDStack. Aperture and Annulus counts in AIP4WIN. Excel used to calculate magnitude and errors. Matlab for graphing.
Scale: 1.04"/pixel

Links to images of this object on other sites:
http://var2.astro.cz/ETD/etd.php?STARNAME=WASP-43&PLANET=b

Additional Comments: This is the first Exoplanet transit posted to this website.

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