WASP-12b
Auriga · 21/12/2015 - 17:21UTC / 22:13 UTC · Officina Stellare Advanced RILA 400 f/5.25
About the target
WASP-12b is an extrasolar planet orbiting the star WASP-12, discovered by the SuperWASP planetary transit survey. Its discovery was announced on April 1, 2008.Due to its extremely close orbit to its star, it has one of the lowest densities for exoplanets ('inflated' by the flux of energy from the star). The planet takes only a little over a day to orbit the star, in contrast to 365 days for the Earth to orbit the Sun. Its distance from the star (approximately 2,115,000 miles) is only 1/44 the Earth’s distance from the Sun, with an eccentricity the same as Jupiter’s. On 3 December 2013, scientists working with the Hubble Space Telescope reported detecting water in the atmosphere of the exoplanet.
In July, 2014, NASA announced finding very dry atmospheres on three exoplanets (HD 189733b, HD 209458b, WASP-12b) orbiting sun-like stars.
© Nikos Paschalis
Observing log
- Object
- WASP-12b
- Constellation
- Auriga
- V. Magnitude + Variability
- 11.69- dV=0.0151
- RA / DEC
- 06h:30m.33sec / +29° 40m.20sec
- Eclipse duration
- 180.06 minutes
- Comparison star
- GSC 1891:731
- Check star
- GSC 1891:876
- Date + Time
- 21/12/2015 - 17:21UTC / 22:13 UTC
- Location
- “Nunki Observatory” - Skiathos
- Optics
- Officina Stellare Advanced RILA 400 f/5.25
- Tools
- THE SKY X
- Camera
- SBIG STXL11002 with FW8G-STXL (Astrodon filters)
- Exposure Time
- Red: 214 X 60 Sec
- Mount
- Paramount ME
- Guiding
- Unguided
- Processing Details
- Maxim, AIP4WIN
- More Details
- Environment Temperature: 08 °C Camera Temperature -35 °C
- Sky temperature
- -12. οC
- Notes
- Weather: Clear Transparence: Medium Humidity: 80-85 %
- Moon Illumination
84%