WASP-3b





 

IMAGE DETAILS

Object ............................................ WASP-3b
Constellation ..............................  lyr
V. Magnitude /Depth ..................10.64 / 0.0123
Period (days) ................................1.846835

RA / DEC ..................................... 18h:34m.31sec / +35° 39m.41ec
Eclipse duration ..........................137 minutes
Distance ........................................ 727
 
Ly
Spectral type ................................ F7V
Comparison star .........................  GSC 2636:146
Check star .................................... 
GSC 2636:092

Date + Time ................................  27-28/05/2016  - 20:30UTC / 02:30 UTC
Location .................................... 
"Nunki Observatory" - Skiathos
Optics .........................................  
Officina Stellare Advanced RILA 400 f/5.25
Tools ..........................................   THE SKY X
Camera ......................................  
 SBIG STXL11002  with FW8G-STXL (Astrodon filters)
Exposure Time.........................    Red: 180 X 60  Sec
Mount .......................................   Paramount ME
Guiding ....................................   Unguided
Processing Details ..................   Maxim ,The Sky X , Ccdautopilot 5
More Details ...........................    Environment Temperature : 19 oC Camera Temperature -35 οC
Sky temperature .....................   -14. οC
Notes ........................................   Weather: Clear  Transparence:
Medium  Humidity : 70-80 %
Moon Illumination ...............    58%

Astronomer on duty: Angelos Tsiaras
Amateur astronomers on duty : Nikolaos I. Paschalis - Natasa Kokori
Analysing data & analysing software :  Ang
elos Tsiaras - Natasa Kokori

Target details .........................   WASP-3b
is an extrasolar planet orbiting the star WASP-3 located over 727 light-years away in the constellation Lyra. It was discovered via the transit method by SuperWASP, and follow up radial velocity observations confirmed that WASP-3b is a planet. The planet's mass and radius indicate that it is a gas giant with a similar bulk composition to Jupiter. WASP-3b has such an orbital distance around its star to classify it in the class of planets known as hot Jupiters and has an atmospheric temperature of approximately 1983 K.

WASP-3b undergoes no detectable gravitational tugging from other bodies in this system.
 


 

© Nikos Paschalis