colorado space grant update western state college suzanne taylor september 9, 2011
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Exoplanet transit light curves
Goals:1. To provide
students with astronomical observing and data processing experience
2. To accurately reproduce light curves of known transiting exoplanets
3. To confirm and characterize light curves of exoplanet candidates
Current status All instrumentation is
in place and operational Camera Autoguider Filter wheel
Rough light curves have been obtained
Successes Stumbling blocks
Learned operational limits of instrumentation informed target
selection → better data Student has gained
extensive experience in telescope and associated instrumentation operation
Poorly designed telescope gears numerous
tracking/guiding issues
Conflicting schedules, broken ankle, cloudy nights Far less summer
observing than originally planned