Exoplanet WASP-2 A b: an observational feasibility study at OAA/MACT-UEFS

Authors

  • Raquel Silva Freitas UEFS
  • Paulo César da Rocha-Poppe Departamento de Física / Observatório Astronômico Antares - UEFS
  • Vera Aparecida Fernandes Martin Departamento de Física/Observatório Astronômico Antares/UEFS
  • José Henrique Costa Pinto Souza UEFS
  • Elis Cristina Silva Sales
  • Bianca Ramielly Bomfim de Jesus
  • Matheus do Carmo Carvalho
  • Toni Cordeiro de Almeida
  • Mariana da Silva Lima Santos UEFS
  • Maximiliano Faúndez-Abans Laboratório Nacional de Astrofísica - MCTI
  • Mariângela de Oliveira-Abans Laboratório Nacional de Astrofísica - MCTI
  • Priscila Freitas-Leme IPD - Universidade do Vale do Paraíba

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13102/sscf.v17i.7619

Keywords:

exoplanet, differential photometry, light curve

Abstract

The discovery of the first exoplanet outside the Solar System inaugurated a new field ofintense scientific investigation in Astronomy, opening up several perspectives for studiesthrough different techniques in observatories installed on the ground and in space. Thediscoveries made already accumulate, currently, more than 4500 exoplanets confirmed inmore than 3300 planetary systems. As part of the Scientific Initiation studies carried out at DFIS/UEFS, this contribution describes the main results related to the exoplanet WASP-2 A b, discovered in 2006 through the Planetary Transit technique. The photometric observations carried out at the Antares Astronomical Observatory - UEFS with the MEADE 10" LX200 GPS telescope, the CCD SBIG ST-7XME-D and the ExoPlanet-BB (Blue Block-ing) filter were sufficient to carry out a preliminary study of the light curve obtained withthe MaxIm DL software and confirm the feasibility of starting a potential observationalprogram with the now available small aperture telescopes: MEADE and CDK20.

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Author Biographies

Raquel Silva Freitas, UEFS

Undergraduate student on Physics at UEFS.

Paulo César da Rocha-Poppe, Departamento de Física / Observatório Astronômico Antares - UEFS

Licenciado em Física pela Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (1986-1990), Mestre (1992-1994) e Doutor (1994-1998) em Astronomia pela Universidade de São Paulo. Pós-doutorado no Laboratório Nacional de Astrofísica (2005-2006). Professor Titular da Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana e Vice-Coordenador do Mestrado Profissional em Astronomia. Coordenador do projeto de extensão do Observatório Astronômico Antares/Museu Antares de Ciência e Tecnologia.

Vera Aparecida Fernandes Martin, Departamento de Física/Observatório Astronômico Antares/UEFS

Possui graduação em Física pela Universidade de São Paulo (1986), mestrado (1991) e doutorado (1998) em Astronomia pela Universidade de São Paulo. É professora titular da Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana. Tem experiência na área de Astronomia Fundamental - confecção de catálogos estelares e conexão entre sistemas de referência, especialmente entre sistema óptico e sistema rádio de referência. Realizou pós-doutoramento na área de Astrofísica Extragaláctica - galáxias aneladas peculiares, no Laboratório Nacional de Astrofísica/MCTI entre os anos 2005 e 2006. Atualmente dedica-se à pesquisa em Galáxias Aneladas Peculiares: espectroscopia e fotometria. Foi coordenadora do Mestrado Profissional em Astronomia da UEFS desde sua criação em 2013 até junho/2019. Faz parte do Banco de Avaliadores do INEP/MEC desde 2007. Esteve na presidência da Comissão Própria de Avaliação da UEFS desde a implantação em 2008 até 2019. Coordenou a Pós-Graduação/PPPG da UEFS entre 2017 e 2019. Atualmente coordena a Graduação da UEFS-PROGRAD.

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Silva Freitas, R., da Rocha-Poppe, P. C., Fernandes Martin, V. A., Costa Pinto Souza, J. H., Silva Sales, E. C., Bomfim de Jesus, B. R., do Carmo Carvalho, M., Cordeiro de Almeida, T., da Silva Lima Santos, M., Faúndez-Abans, M., de Oliveira-Abans, M., & Freitas-Leme, P. (2022). Exoplanet WASP-2 A b: an observational feasibility study at OAA/MACT-UEFS. Sitientibus Physical Science Series, 17, 17–34. https://doi.org/10.13102/sscf.v17i.7619

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Copyright (c) 2022 Raquel Silva Freitas, Paulo César da Rocha-Poppe, Vera Aparecida Fernandes Martin, José Henrique Costa Pinto Souza, Elis Cristina Silva Sales, Bianca Ramielly Bomfim de Jesus, Matheus do Carmo Carvalho, Toni Cordeiro de Almeida, Mariana da Silva Lima Santos, Maximiliano Faúndez-Abans, Mariângela de Oliveira-Abans, Priscila Freitas-Leme

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