Sentences with phrase «photometric candidates»
We present 130 ultracool dwarf discoveries with estimated distances $ \ approx9 - 130 $ pc, including 21 that were independently discovered by other authors and 3 that were previously identified as photometric candidates.
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We have confirmed the membership to Collinder 69 of \ sim90 photometric candidate members.
Not exact matches
Results from the photometric follow - up of CoRoT candidates (Deeg et al. 2009) show that most of the diluted binaries that have been identified from low - amplitude (0.1 - 0.5 %) candidates fall into the magnitude range of 16 - 19.
Two more objects in our sample show evidence of photometric J - band variability, and two others are candidate unresolved binaries based on their spectra.
We distill these candidates into sets of 104 validated planets (57 in multi-planet systems), 30 false positives, and 63 remaining candidat... ▽ More We present 197 planet candidates discovered using data from the first year of the NASA K2 mission (Campaigns 0 - 4), along with the results of an intensive program of photometric analyses, stellar spectroscopy, high - resolution imaging, and statistical validation.
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.
Statistical tests on the photometric and pixel flux time series established the viability of the planet candidates triggering ground - based follow - up observations.
A blend may consist of a background or foreground eclipsing binary (or star - planet pair) whose eclipses are attenuated by the light of the candidate and possibly other stars within the photometric aperture.
Follow - up observations of planetary candidates identified by detection of transit - like events are needed both for identification of astrophysical phenomena that mimic planetary transits and for characterization of the... ▽ More The Kepler Mission was launched on March 6, 2009 to perform a photometric survey of more than 100,000 dwarf stars to search for terrestrial - size planets with the transit technique.