Kepler-13AB aperture photometry Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Howell S.B.
  2. Scott N.J.
  3. Matson R.A.
  4. Horch E.P.
  5. Stephens A.
  6. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

Using the high-resolution imaging instrument, 'Alopeke, at the Gemini-N telescope, we obtained simultaneous two-channel time-series observations of the binary exoplanet host star Kepler13-AB. Our optical observations were obtained during a transit event of the exoplanet Kepler-13b and light curves were produced using both speckle interferometric and aperture photometry techniques. Both techniques confirm that the transiting object orbits the star Kepler-13A while different transit depths are seen across the optical wavelength range, being ~2 times deeper in the blue. These measurements, as well as mass determinations in the literature, are consistent with Kepler-13b being a highly irradiated gas giant with a bloated atmosphere. Our observations highlight the ability of high-resolution speckle imaging to not only assess binarity in exoplanet host stars but robustly determine which of the stars the transiting object actually orbits.

Keywords
  1. multiple-stars
  2. photometry
  3. visible-astronomy
  4. exoplanets
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2019AJ....158..113H
See also HTML
https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/AJ/158/113
IVOA Identifier IVOID
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/158/113
Document Object Identifer DOI
doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.51580113

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History

2019-11-06T07:45:08Z
Resource record created
2019-11-06T06:50:24Z
Updated
2019-11-06T07:45:08Z
Created

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