Comments on: New Planet is a Scorcher http://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=1290&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-planet-is-a-scorcher The News Forum of the Tau Zero Foundation Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:23:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: ljk http://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=1290&cpage=1#comment-55944 ljk Fri, 09 May 2008 18:35:36 +0000 http://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=1290#comment-55944 DOOMED PLANET TRANSIT: About 1,300 light years from Earth, in the constellation Hercules, a planet named TrES-3 twice as massive as Jupiter is slowly spiraling into its parent star. It orbits so close to the star, in fact, that it occasionally passes in front and dims the starlight--a telltale fluctuation that led to its discovery by astronomers in May 2007. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Atlantic_Exoplanet_Survey On May 3, 2008, Anthony Ayiomamitis observed a transit of TrES-3 from Greece "using only a 6.3-inch apochromatic refractor," he says. "I am delighted to present you with a light curve, which most beautifully illustrates the 105-minute event." http://www.spaceweather.com/swpod2008/09may08/Anthony-Ayiomamitis1.jpg "At some point," he notes, "this exoplanet will not be available for study due to its impending collision into its sun. One can only wonder and dream how sunrises and sunsets will appear on this foreign world, if at all, and whether it has moons similar to Luna dominating the night sky with breath-taking eclipses and lunar phases, and if its atmosphere is a playground of light including auroras, NLCs and meteor showers." http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/08may_marvels.htm "What makes photometry of this exoplanet most challenging," he adds, "is the fact that its parent star is dim at magnitude 12.17 and the planet makes only very small changes in the overall brightness, from 12.170 to 12.195." Click here to learn the details of these skillful measurements: http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-Photometry-TrES-3-20080503.htm DOOMED PLANET TRANSIT: About 1,300 light years from Earth,
in the constellation Hercules, a planet named TrES-3 twice as
massive as Jupiter is slowly spiraling into its parent star. It orbits
so close to the star, in fact, that it occasionally passes in front and
dims the starlight–a telltale fluctuation that led to its discovery by
astronomers in May 2007.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Atlantic_Exoplanet_Survey

On May 3, 2008, Anthony Ayiomamitis observed a transit of
TrES-3 from Greece “using only a 6.3-inch apochromatic refractor,”
he says. “I am delighted to present you with a light curve, which
most beautifully illustrates the 105-minute event.”

http://www.spaceweather.com/swpod2008/09may08/Anthony-Ayiomamitis1.jpg

“At some point,” he notes, “this exoplanet will not be available for
study due to its impending collision into its sun. One can only
wonder and dream how sunrises and sunsets will appear on this
foreign world, if at all, and whether it has moons similar to Luna
dominating the night sky with breath-taking eclipses and lunar
phases, and if its atmosphere is a playground of light including
auroras, NLCs and meteor showers.”

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/08may_marvels.htm

“What makes photometry of this exoplanet most challenging,”
he adds, “is the fact that its parent star is dim at magnitude 12.17
and the planet makes only very small changes in the overall
brightness, from 12.170 to 12.195.”

Click here to learn the details of these skillful measurements:

http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-Photometry-TrES-3-20080503.htm

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