Comments on: ’606 http://oklo.org/2009/02/26/606/ characterizing planetary systems Fri, 18 Nov 2011 22:27:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lab Lemming http://oklo.org/2009/02/26/606/comment-page-1/#comment-16600 Lab Lemming Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:51:04 +0000 http://oklo.org/?p=320#comment-16600 Have you talked to the EPOXI folks about interrupting this year's hibernation to catch the two Northern Summer transits with EPOCh? That would alleviate a lot of your problems relating to short summer nights and a long transit time. Have you talked to the EPOXI folks about interrupting this year’s hibernation to catch the two Northern Summer transits with EPOCh? That would alleviate a lot of your problems relating to short summer nights and a long transit time.

]]> By: Hungry4info2 http://oklo.org/2009/02/26/606/comment-page-1/#comment-14911 Hungry4info2 Sun, 01 Mar 2009 02:12:37 +0000 http://oklo.org/?p=320#comment-14911 HD 80606 isn't the typical transiting planet in that if you want to observe a transit, you wait a few days for the transit event, catch a few transits over a few weeks, and go from there. If you miss a transit, it's okay, it'll be transiting again in a few days. With HD 80606, if you miss the transit, you're not going to get another chance for a third of a year. Now that HD 80606 b has been confirmed to transit, is the transit going to be observed every 111 days? Given both the importance of this planet to our understanding of exoplanets, and its long orbital period, do you think that efforts will be made to observe HD 80606 in transit every available chance? Might we expect an HST light curve some time? HD 80606 isn’t the typical transiting planet in that if you want to observe a transit, you wait a few days for the transit event, catch a few transits over a few weeks, and go from there. If you miss a transit, it’s okay, it’ll be transiting again in a few days.

With HD 80606, if you miss the transit, you’re not going to get another chance for a third of a year.

Now that HD 80606 b has been confirmed to transit, is the transit going to be observed every 111 days? Given both the importance of this planet to our understanding of exoplanets, and its long orbital period, do you think that efforts will be made to observe HD 80606 in transit every available chance?

Might we expect an HST light curve some time?

]]> By: greg http://oklo.org/2009/02/26/606/comment-page-1/#comment-14901 greg Sat, 28 Feb 2009 19:26:00 +0000 http://oklo.org/?p=320#comment-14901 I don't know of any observers in Southern China or Hawaii, but I'm still hopeful that we'll see a light curve emerge from one of those locations... I don’t know of any observers in Southern China or Hawaii, but I’m still hopeful that we’ll see a light curve emerge from one of those locations…

]]> By: jdeast http://oklo.org/2009/02/26/606/comment-page-1/#comment-14874 jdeast Sat, 28 Feb 2009 12:07:07 +0000 http://oklo.org/?p=320#comment-14874 The blog mentions southern China was in the clear that night, but shows no points for observers. Does anyone know if there were any observers there? What about Hawaii? The blog mentions southern China was in the clear that night, but shows no points for observers. Does anyone know if there were any observers there?

What about Hawaii?

]]> By: andy http://oklo.org/2009/02/26/606/comment-page-1/#comment-14818 andy Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:09:34 +0000 http://oklo.org/?p=320#comment-14818 Well this is quite a spectacular result: congratulations to all involved! Well this is quite a spectacular result: congratulations to all involved!

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