Combining these new images and
photometry with ancilliary data from the literature, we undertook simultaneous multi-wavelength modelling of the discs» radial profiles and spectral energy distributions using three different methodologies: single annulus, modified black body, and a radiative transfer code.
The results are the first from The Kepler Cluster Study which combine Kepler's
photometry with ground - based spectroscopy for cluster membership and binarity.
Here we combine K2
photometry with spectroscopy, adaptive optics imaging, and archival survey images to analyze two small planets orbiting the nearby, field age, M dwarfs K2 - 26 (EPIC 202083828) and K2 - 9.
Not exact matches
The
photometry is obtained from onboard aperture
photometry by means of large aperture masks,
with a size and shape adapted to the large psf of its exoplanet focal plane, where 50 % of the flux is contained in an elliptical area of about 35 23.
Applying aperture
photometry on the azimuthally averaged deconvolved PACS images and using a modified blackbody of the form Bν · λ − β, as expected for a grain emissivity Qabs ~ λ − β
with β equal to 1.2 (representing amorphous carbon, Mennella et al. 1998), we derived a dust temperature between 108 ± 5 K at 20 ′ ′ and 40 ± 5 K at 180 ′ ′.
Contemporaneous
photometry in the optical and near - IR reveals a weaker modulation, but consistent
with the X-ray period.
Hubble
photometry of one of the three galaxy groups identified at z ~ 8,
with the galaxies in the image labeled
with their corresponding approximate photometric redshifts.
Research interests: automated astronomy
with robotic telescopes, high - precision
photometry, luminosity and magnetic cycles in solar - type stars, the search for extrasolar planets, chromospherically active stars, pulsating variable stars More
Revising the properties of the associated planet candidates based on the updated host star characteristics and refitting the transit
photometry, we find that our sample contains 20 planets or planet candidates
with radii smaller than 1.25 Earth radii, 20 super-Earths (1.25 - 2 Earth radii), 20 small Neptunes (2 - 4 Earth radii), three large Neptunes (4 - 6 Earth radii), and eight giant planets (> 6 Earth radii).
For most of the candidates (85 %), the transit depths measured
with Kepler are consistent
with the depths measured
with Spitzer as expected for planetary objects, while we find that the most discrepant measurements are due to the presence of unresolved stars that dilute the
photometry.
The occultation
photometry timing is consistent
with a circular orbit, at e < 0.01 (1 -LCB- \ sigma -RCB--RRB-, and e < 0.09 (3 -LCB- \ sigma -RCB--RRB-.
Our catalog contains nearly all known objects of spectral types L0 - T2 in the PS1 field,
with objects as early as M0 and as late as T9, and includes PS1, 2MASS, AllWISE, and Gaia DR1
photometry.
We combine the estimate of Teff and [Fe / H]
with an estimate o... ▽ More We present the discovery of the Kepler - 19 planetary system, which we first identified from a 9.3 - day periodic transit signal in the Kepler
photometry.
Our followup spectroscopy has identified two new companions as well as confirmed two companions previously identified from
photometry,
with spectral types of M7.5 - M9 and masses of ~ 15 - 60 Mjup, indicating a frequency for such wide substellar companions of ~ 0.6 + / -0.3 %.
We have also discovered six M7 - L1 dwarfs in outlying regions of Scorpius - Centaurus
with photometry, proper motions, and low - gravity spectral signatures consistent
with membership.
We identify PSO J060.3200 +25.9644 (near - infrared spectral type L1) and PSO J077.1033 +24.3809 (L2) as new members of Taurus based on their VL - G gravity classifications, the consistency of their
photometry and proper motions
with previously known Taurus objects, and the low probability of contamination by field objects.
The novelty here is the very regular sampling
with the simultaneous multi-colour
photometry.
We recently obtained new
photometry of the four planets and low - resolution (R ~ 30) spectra of HR8799 d and e
with the SPHERE instrument (paper III).
The companion was clearly visible both
with IRDIS and IFS.We obtained
photometry in four different bands as well as the astrometric position for the companion.
Abstract: The Kepler Mission, launched on Mar 6, 2009 was designed
with the explicit capability to detect Earth - size planets in the habitable zone of solar - like stars using the transit
photometry method.
Follow - up radial velocity measurements
with th... ▽ More We present 44 days of high duty cycle, ultra precise
photometry of the 13th magnitude star Kepler - 5 (KIC 8191672, Teff = 6300 K, logg = 4.1), which exhibits periodic transits
with a depth of 0.7 %.
The extreme IR source crowding in the field means that it is not possible to establish the authenticity of the matches
with astrometry and
photometry alone.
The object was discovered using Gemini - South and followed - up
with Gemini - North spectroscopy and CFHT
photometry.
The velocities are indeed noisy,
with scatter of 30 m s ^ -1, but exhibit a period and phase consistent
with the planet implied by the
photometry.
Many as... ▽ More The Kepler Mission, launched on Mar 6, 2009 was designed
with the explicit capability to detect Earth - size planets in the habitable zone of solar - like stars using the transit
photometry method.
TrES - 5 orbits one of the faintest stars
with transiting planets found to date from the ground and demonstrates that precise
photometry and followup spectroscopy are possible, albeit challenging, even for such faint stars.
Combined
with resolved near - infrared
photometry and spectroscopic accretion diagnostics, we find that ~ 10 % of stars
with a mid-infrared excess do not appear to be accreting.
Two distinct sets of transit events were detected: 1) a 152 + / - 4 ppm dimming lasting 1.811 + / - 0.024 hours
with ephemeris T [BJD] = 2454964.57375 + N... ▽ More NASA's Kepler Mission uses transit
photometry to determine the frequency of earth - size planets in or near the habitable zone of Sun - like stars.
This variation has a period and phase consistent
with our transit
photometry.
High - precision radial - velocity measurements confirm a sinusoidal variation
with the period and phase predicted by the
photometry, and rule out the presence of line - bisector variations that would indicate that the spectroscopic orbit is spurious.
The success of the photoelectric
photometry of asteroids
with the buoyant interest in visual work encouraged Council to create a new Section so, in June 1984, the Minor Planets Section was formed
with Andrew Hollis as Director and Richard Miles as Assistant Director.
We use spectroscopic data from a variety of large surveys combined
with infra - red
photometry from 2MASS and AllWISE and compare these in a Bayesian manner
with PARSEC isochrones to derive probability density functions (PDFs) for stellar masses, ages and distances.
The characteristics of the host star are well constrained by high - resolution spectroscopy combined
with an asteroseismic analysis of the Kepler
photometry, leading to an estimated mass and radius of 0.970 + / - 0.060 M... ▽ More A search of the time - series
photometry from NASA's Kepler spacecraft reveals a transiting planet candidate orbiting the 11th magnitude G5 dwarf KIC 10593626
with a period of 290 days.
This range in Teff is compatible
with all observational constraints, including near - infrared
photometry and bolometric luminosity.
Observations of blue and red calibration standards measured at various positions on the detector (Bohlin et al. 2017) confirm the fidelity of the F814W flat,
with aperture
photometry consistent to ~ 1 % across the FOV, regardless of spectral type.
Abstract: A search of the time - series
photometry from NASA's Kepler spacecraft reveals a transiting planet candidate orbiting the 11th magnitude G5 dwarf KIC 10593626
with a period of 290 days.
Their optical and near - IR
photometry, as well as their proper motion, are consistent
with them being cluster members.
This together
with his expertise, particularly in the field of
photometry, makes him eminently suitable for the position of Director.
Herschel / PACS observations at 100 and 160 micron complemented
with data at 70 micron, and at 250, 350 and 500 micron SPIRE
photometry, were obtained.
Batalha is responsible for the selection of the more than 150,000 stars the spacecraft monitors and works closely
with team members at Ames to identify viable planet candidates from Kepler
photometry.