Publications (51)
Long-term monitoring of WASP-19 b: Signs of apsidal precession and molecular signatures
A. R. Rajkumar, A. Bayo, P. Peng +30
With more than 6000 exoplanets discovered so far, about 12 percent are hot Jupiters. Their large sizes and short orbital periods make them valuable targets for studying planetary f…
First observations and magnitude measurement of Starlink's Darksat
J. Tregloan-Reed, A. Otarola, E. Ortiz +5
Measure the Sloan g' magnitudes of the Starlink's STARLINK-1130 (Darksat) and 1113 LEO communication satellites and determine the effectiveness of the Darksat darkening treatment a…
Precision measurement of a brown dwarf mass in a binary system in the microlensing event OGLE-2019-BLG-0033/MOA-2019-BLG-035
A. Herald, A. Udalski, V. Bozza +89
Context. Brown dwarfs are poorly understood transition objects between stars and planets, with several competing mechanisms having been proposed for their formation. Mass measureme…
A Super-Jupiter orbiting a late-type star: A refined analysis of microlensing event OGLE-2012-BLG-0406
Y. Tsapras, J. -Y. Choi, R. A. Street +122
We present a detailed analysis of survey and follow-up observations of microlensing event OGLE-2012-BLG-0406 based on data obtained from 10 different observatories. Intensive cover…
Physical properties, starspot activity, orbital obliquity, and transmission spectrum of the Qatar-2 planetary system from multi-colour photometry
L. Mancini, J. Southworth, S. Ciceri +6
We present seventeen high-precision light curves of five transits of the planet Qatar-2b, obtained from four defocussed 2m-class telescopes. Three of the transits were observed sim…
The ultra-hot-Jupiter KELT-16 b: Dynamical Evolution and Atmospheric Properties
L. Mancini, J. Southworth, L. Naponiello +15
We present broad-band photometry of 30 planetary transits of the ultra-hot Jupiter KELT-16b, using five medium-class telescopes. The transits were monitored through standard B, V,…
A search for transit timing variations in the HATS-18 planetary system
John Southworth, A. J. Barker, T. C. Hinse +23
HATS-18b is a transiting planet with a large mass and a short orbital period, and is one of the best candidates for the detection of orbital decay induced by tidal effects. We pres…
Transit timing variations in the WASP-4 planetary system
John Southworth, M. Dominik, U. G. Jorgensen +25
Transits in the planetary system WASP-4 were recently found to occur 80s earlier than expected in observations from the TESS satellite. We present 22 new times of mid-transit that…
Microlensig Binaries with Candidate Brown Dwarf Companions
I. -G. Shin, C. Han, A. Gould +152
Brown dwarfs are important objects because they may provide a missing link between stars and planets, two populations that have dramatically different formation history. In this pa…
Physical properties and optical-infrared transmission spectrum of the giant planet XO-1b
John Southworth, J. Tregloan-Reed, A. Pinhas +3
We present ten high-precision light curves of four transits in the XO-1 planetary system, obtained using , , , redshifted H, and filters. We use these to measu…
High-precision photometry by telescope defocussing. VI. WASP-24, WASP-25 and WASP-26
John Southworth, T. C. Hinse, M. Burgdorf +55
We present time-series photometric observations of thirteen transits in the planetary systems WASP-24, WASP-25 and WASP-26. All three systems have orbital obliquity measurements, W…
The GAPS Programme at TNG: XXXVI. Measurement of the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect and revising the physical and orbital parameters of the HAT-P-15, HAT-P-17, HAT-P-21, HAT-P-26, HAT-P-29 eccentric planetary systems
L. Mancini, M. Esposito, E. Covino +34
Aim: We aim to refine the orbital and physical parameters and determine the sky-projected planet orbital obliquity of five eccentric transiting planetary systems: HAT-P-15, HAT-P-1…
Optical-to-NIR magnitude measurements of the Starlink LEO Darksat satellite and effectiveness of the darkening treatment
J. Tregloan-Reed, A. Otarola, E. Unda-Sanzana +11
Four observations of Starlink's LEO communication satellites, Darksat and STARLINK-1113, were conducted on two nights with two telescopes. The Chakana 0.6\,m telescope at the Ckoir…
A Giant Planet beyond the Snow Line in Microlensing Event OGLE-2011-BLG-0251
N. Kains, R. Street, J. -Y. Choi +128
We present the analysis of the gravitational microlensing event OGLE-2011-BLG-0251. This anomalous event was observed by several survey and follow-up collaborations conducting micr…
Larger and faster: revised properties and a shorter orbital period for the WASP-57 planetary system from a pro-am collaboration
John Southworth, L. Mancini, J. Tregloan-Reed +36
Transits in the WASP-57 planetary system have been found to occur half an hour earlier than expected. We present ten transit light curves from amateur telescopes, on which this dis…
Stellar occultations enable milliarcsecond astrometry for Trans-Neptunian objects and Centaurs
F. L. Rommel, F. Braga-Ribas, J. Desmars +66
Trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) and Centaurs are remnants of our planetary system formation, and their physical properties have invaluable information for evolutionary theories. Ste…
OGLE-2018-BLG-0022: A Nearby M-dwarf Binary
R. A. Street, E. Bachelet, Y. Tsapras +28
We report observations of the binary microlensing event OGLE-2018-BLG-0022, provided by the ROME/REA Survey, which indicate that the lens is a low-mass binary star consisting of M3…
A New Type of Ambiguity in the Planet and Binary Interpretations of Central Perturbations of High-Magnification Gravitational Microlensing Events
J. -Y. Choi, I. -G. Shin, C. Han +118
High-magnification microlensing events provide an important channel to detect planets. Perturbations near the peak of a high-magnification event can be produced either by a planet…
Six Outbursts of Comet 46P/Wirtanen
Michael S. P. Kelley, Tony L. Farnham, Jian-Yang Li +32
Cometary activity is a manifestation of sublimation-driven processes at the surface of nuclei. However, cometary outbursts may arise from other processes that are not necessarily d…
High-precision photometry by telescope defocussing. V. WASP-15 and WASP-16
J. Southworth, L. Mancini, P. Browne +40
We present new photometric observations of WASP-15 and WASP-16, two transiting extrasolar planetary systems with measured orbital obliquities but without photometric follow-up sinc…
Warm Spitzer Occultation Photometry of WASP-26b at 3.6μm and 4.5μm
D. P. Mahtani, P. F. L. Maxted, D. R. Anderson +13
We present new warm Spitzer occultation photometry of WASP-26 at 3.6μm and 4.5μm along with new transit photometry taken in the g,r and i bands. We report the first detection of…
Time-Domain Photometry and Activity Evolution of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS with BHTOM
A. Fraser Gillan, Åukasz Wyrzykowski, PrzemysÅaw J. MikoÅajczyk +69
Time-domain photometric monitoring is essential for characterizing cometary evolution, particularly for rare interstellar objects with limited observing opportunities. We aimed to…
A detailed census of variable stars in the globular cluster NGC 6333 (M9) from CCD differential photometry
A. Arellano Ferro, D. M. Bramich, R. Figuera Jaimes +37
We report CCD and time-series photometry of the globular cluster NGC 6333 (M9). The technique of difference image analysis has been used, which enables photometric precisio…
- A tool for multiband light curve modeling of planetary transits and stellar spots
Ines G. Juvan, M. Lendl, P. E. Cubillos +5
Several studies have shown that stellar activity features, such as occulted and non-occulted starspots, can affect the measurement of transit parameters biasing studies of transit…
MiNDSTEp differential photometry of the gravitationally lensed quasars WFI2033-4723 and HE0047-1756: Microlensing and a new time delay
E. Giannini, R. W. Schmidt, J. Wambsganà +52
We present V and R photometry of the gravitationally lensed quasars WFI2033-4723 and HE0047-1756. The data were taken by the MiNDSTEp collaboration with the 1.54 m Danish telescope…
Physical properties and transmission spectrum of the WASP-74 planetary system from multi-band photometry
L. Mancini, J. Southworth, P. Molliere +32
We present broad-band photometry of eleven planetary transits of the hot Jupiter WASP-74b, using three medium-class telescopes and employing the telescope-defocussing technique. Mo…
A search for transit timing variations in the transiting hot Jupiter systems HIP 65, NGTS-6, NGTS-10 and WASP-173
A. W. Griffiths, J. Southworth, L. Alegre +30
Hot Jupiters are Jupiter-mass planets with orbital periods of less than ten days. Their short orbital separations make tidal dissipation within the stellar host especially efficien…
The Transiting System GJ1214: High-Precision Defocused Transit Observations and a Search for Evidence of Transit Timing Variation
K. B. W. Harpsøe, S. Hardis, T. C. Hinse +37
Aims: We present 11 high-precision photometric transit observations of the transiting super-Earth planet GJ1214b. Combining these data with observations from other authors, we inve…
EMCCD photometry reveals two new variable stars in the crowded central region of the globular cluster NGC 6981
Jesper Skottfelt, D. M. Bramich, R. Figuera Jaimes +33
Two previously unknown variable stars in the crowded central region of the globular cluster NGC 6981 are presented. The observations were made using the Electron Multiplying CCD (E…
Orbital alignment and starspot properties in the WASP-52 planetary system
L. Mancini, J. Southworth, G. Raia +27
We report 13 high-precision light curves of eight transits of the exoplanet WASP-52b, obtained by using four medium-class telescopes, through different filters, and adopting the de…
Faint source star planetary microlensing: the discovery of the cold gas giant planet OGLE-2014-BLG-0676Lb
N. J. Rattenbury, D. P. Bennett, T. Sumi +85
We report the discovery of a planet --- OGLE-2014-BLG-0676Lb --- via gravitational microlensing. Observations for the lensing event were made by the MOA, OGLE, Wise, RoboNET/LCOGT,…
TOI-2084 b and TOI-4184 b: two new sub-Neptunes around M dwarf stars
K. Barkaoui, M. Timmermans, A. Soubkiou +67
We present the discovery and validation of two TESS exoplanets orbiting nearby M dwarfs: TOI-2084b, and TOI-4184b. We characterized the host stars by combining spectra from Shane/K…
The GAPS Programme with HARPS-N at TNG VIII: Observations of the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect and characterisation of the transiting planetary systems HAT-P-36 and WASP-11/HAT-P-10
L. Mancini, M. Esposito, E. Covino +36
We determine the true and the projected obliquity of HAT-P-36 and WASP-11/HAT-P-10 systems, respectively, which are both composed of a relatively cool star and a hot-Jupiter planet…
Physical properties, transmission and emission spectra of the WASP-19 planetary system from multi-colour photometry
L. Mancini, S. Ciceri, G. Chen +43
We present new ground-based, multi-colour, broad-band photometric measurements of the physical parameters, transmission and emission spectra of the transiting extrasolar planet WAS…
High-precision multi-band time-series photometry of exoplanets Qatar-1b and TrES-5b
D. Mislis, L. Mancini, J. Tregloan-Reed +13
We present an analysis of the Qatar-1 and TrES-5 transiting exoplanetary systems, which contain Jupiter-like planets on short-period orbits around K-dwarf stars. Our data comprise…
The Orbit of WASP-4 b is in Decay
Ã. BaÅtürk, A. C. Kutluay, A. Barker +25
WASP-4 b is a hot Jupiter exhibiting a decreasing orbital period, prompting investigations into potential mechanisms driving its evolution. We analyzed 173 transit light curves, in…
Physical properties of the planetary systems WASP-45 and WASP-46 from simultaneous multi-band photometry
S. Ciceri, L. Mancini, J. Southworth +45
Accurate measurements of the physical characteristics of a large number of exoplanets are useful to strongly constrain theoretical models of planet formation and evolution, which l…
Physical properties and radius variations in the HAT-P-5 planetary system from simultaneous four-colour photometry
John Southworth, L. Mancini, P. F. L. Maxted +5
The radii of giant planets, as measured from transit observations, may vary with wavelength due to Rayleigh scattering or variations in opacity. Such an effect is predicted to be l…
WASP-52b, WASP-58b, WASP-59b, and WASP-60b: four new transiting close-in giant planets
G. Hebrard, A. Collier Cameron, D. J. A. Brown +30
We present the discovery of four new transiting hot jupiters, detected mainly from SuperWASP-North and SOPHIE observations. These new planets, WASP-52b, WASP-58b, WASP-59b, and WAS…
Microlensing Discovery of a Population of Very Tight, Very Low-mass Binary Brown Dwarfs
J. -Y. Choi, C. Han, A. Udalski +121
Although many models have been proposed, the physical mechanisms responsible for the formation of low-mass brown dwarfs are poorly understood. The multiplicity properties and minim…
OGLE-2011-BLG-0265Lb: a Jovian Microlensing Planet Orbiting an M Dwarf
J. Skowron, I. -G. Shin, A. Udalski +121
We report the discovery of a Jupiter-mass planet orbiting an M-dwarf star that gave rise to the microlensing event OGLE-2011-BLG-0265. Such a system is very rare among known planet…
Physical properties of the WASP-44 planetary system from simultaneous multi-colour photometry
L. Mancini, N. Nikolov, J. Southworth +6
We present ground-based broad-band photometry of two transits in the WASP-44 planetary system obtained simultaneously through four optical (Sloan g', r', i', z') and three near-inf…
A lower radius and mass for the transiting extrasolar planet HAT-P-8b
L. Mancini, J. Southworth, S. Ciceri +10
Context. The extrasolar planet HAT-P-8 b was thought to be one of the more inflated transiting hot Jupiters. Aims. By using new and existing photometric data, we computed precise e…
Absolute dimensions of solar-type eclipsing binaries. NY Hya: A test for magnetic stellar evolution models
T. C. Hinse, O. BaÅtürk, J. Southworth +29
The binary star NY Hya is a bright, detached, double-lined eclipsing system with an orbital period of just under five days with two components each nearly identical to the Sun and…
Simulations of starspot anomalies within TESS exoplanetary transit light curves -- II
J. Tregloan-Reed, E. Unda-Sanzana
We determine the starspot detection rate in exoplanetary transit light curves for M and K dwarf stars observed by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) using various sta…
OGLE-2018-BLG-1185b : A Low-Mass Microlensing Planet Orbiting a Low-Mass Dwarf
Iona Kondo, Jennifer C. Yee, David P. Bennett +94
We report the analysis of planetary microlensing event OGLE-2018-BLG-1185, which was observed by a large number of ground-based telescopes and by the Space Telescope. The…
Estimating the parameters of globular cluster M 30 (NGC 7099) from time-series photometry
N. Kains, D. M. Bramich, A. Arellano Ferro +47
We present the analysis of 26 nights of V and I time-series observations from 2011 and 2012 of the globular cluster M 30 (NGC 7099). We used our data to search for variable stars i…
Physical properties of the HAT-P-23 and WASP-48 planetary systems from multi-colour photometry
S. Ciceri, L. Mancini, J. Southworth +7
Accurate and repeated photometric follow-up observations of planetary-transit events are important to precisely characterize the physical properties of exoplanets. A good knowledge…
Star-spot activity, orbital obliquity, transmission spectrum, physical properties, and TTVs of the HATS-2 planetary system
F. Biagiotti, L. Mancini, J. Southworth +23
Our aim in this paper is to refine the orbital and physical parameters of the HATS-2 planetary system and study transit timing variations and atmospheric composition thanks to tran…
Characterizing Low-Mass Binaries From Observation of Long Time-scale Caustic-crossing Gravitational Microlensing Events
I. -G. Shin, C. Han, J. -Y. Choi +119
Despite astrophysical importance of binary star systems, detections are limited to those located in small ranges of separations, distances, and masses and thus it is necessary to u…
High-precision photometry by telescope defocussing. VIII. WASP-22, WASP-41, WASP-42 and WASP-55
John Southworth, J. Tregloan-Reed, M. I. Andersen +47
We present 13 high-precision and four additional light curves of four bright southern-hemisphere transiting planetary systems: WASP-22, WASP-41, WASP-42 and WASP-55. In the cases o…