EXoPLanet Orbit REsearch (EXPLORE) 2000

                                                        

2025 July 25

1.0) Introduction

EXoPLanet Orbit REsearch, EXPLORE 2000, is a collaborative project between the American Association of Variable Star Observers Exoplanet Section and the British Astronomical Association’s Asteroid and Remote Planets Section’s Exoplanet Division.

This project is still in its development stage and yet to be formally announced. All information, target lists, tutorials, etc will appear on, or be linked to, from this page.

The project is being formulated by a team consisting of Rodney Buckland, Dennis Conti, Roger Dymock, Siegfried Vanaverbeke, Trifon Trifonov and Pieter Vulysteke

2.0) EXPLORE 2000

EXPLORE 2000

Project Plan

Target list

3.0) Guides. tutorials

AAVSO database input guide

ExoWorlds Spies

    Observing an exoplanet transit

    HOPS software

Transit Finder guide by Dennis Conti

Transits and Radical Velocity – the basics

4.0) Software

Exoplanetpie – available from Pieter Vuylsteke at pieter.vuylsteke@gmail.com>

LcTools – https://sites.google.com/a/lctools.net/lctools/home?authuser=0

Nauyaca – https://github.com/EliabCanul/nauyaca

Exostriker – https://exostriker-manual.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

HOPS – Used by the ExoClock project – https://www.exoworldsspies.com/en/software/

AstroimageJ – https://www.astro.louisville.edu/software/astroimagej/

5.0) Papers

Observations and Studies on the Transiting Systems HAT-P-36, XO-2 and WASP-76

A third star in the HAT-P-7 system, and a new dynamical pathway to misaligned hot Jupiters

6.0) Presentations

AAVSO Exoplanet Section meeting 2025 June 23 – Dennis Conti

The morning and afternoon sessions were so because of time differences around the world but are identical apart from any comments made during the presentations

7.0) Links

AAVSO Exoplanet Section

Roger Dymock

ARPS Assistant Director Exoplanets

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