Sentences with phrase «conduct spectroscopic observations»
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In order to identify false positives and confirm transiting exoplanets, we have assembled a follow - up network (KELT - FUN) to conduct imaging with higher spatial resolution, cadence, and photometric precision than the KELT telescopes, as well as spectroscopic observations of the candidate host stars.
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A team of astronomers, led by Thomas Beatty of Pennsylvania State University, used the Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) to perform a spectroscopic study of the planet's atmosphere in the near - infrared and conducted the observation as the planet passed behind its parent star.
By using advanced high contrast imagers, it is possible to conduct high resolution spectroscopy on imageable exoplanets, after the star light is first suppress... ▽ More Spectroscopic observations are extremely important for determining the composition, structure, and surface gravity of exoplanetary atmospheres.