Animation of a transiting planet

The lower panel shows real data of a transit of the planet of the star HD209458. (Observations were performed in the night of 26-27 July 2000 by Deeg and Garrido at the 0.9m Sierra Nevada Telescope of IAA, Granada). The upper panel shows a simulation of the transit, with realistic size-relations between the planet and the star.
 


animation

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Last update: 30/Jan/2004. For comments, send email to Hans-Jörg Deeg at hXdeeg@ll.iaXc.es (NOTE: remove the X from address)