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    Period is close to correct but could use a slight shortening.

Basic data - Updated 20090813
    RA = 17:53:13.0, Decl = +37:12:43
    Season = June 21
    B = 12.11, V = 11.59, R = 11.28, I = 10.99; B-V = 0.52
    HJDo = 4230.9053 (?) & P = 3.553945 (75) day (Schneider's Extrasolar Planets Encyclopedia)
    HJDo = 4230.9053 (2) & P = 3.553924 (2) days
    Depth = 12.4 ± 1.5 (CVR bands), 10.8 mmag (z-band)
    Length = 3.54 ± 0.08 hr (CVR bands), 3.5 hr (z-band)
    Fp = 0.32 ± 0.06, F2 = 0.84 ± 0.11
    b = 0.75, Rs = 1.78 Rs, Rp = 1.67 * Rj

Table Summary of Measurements - Updated 20090813

Transit light curves not yet included in updates of previous sections

9909WPK

All LCs below here have been included in updates of previous sections

9811SG22

9717NR22

9630NWP2

9427DKS

9412GJ21

8521ROE2 

8503FC21 

7925HVP1

Great LC considering the high air mass, lightning that terminated observations and use of a portable 10-inch telescope at a remote site.

Professional Light Curves

Discovery paper LCs (Mandushev, et al, 2007).

Out-of-Transit Light Curves

9630SG2

9618SG2  Looks like a brief dip at -1.7 hrs. A 5 mmag depth would correspond to Rp = 0.6 Rj, or Mp = 5% the mass of TrES-4b. This, by itself, does not rule-out the possibility that
the dip is produced by another exoplanet orbiting the TrES-4 star. Now consider the length of the dip. Length ~ 0.5 hr, so orbital velocity would be 7 times that of TrES-4b.
For this orbital velocity the orbital radius would have to be 2% of TrES-4b's orbital radius, which would place it within the star (12% of star's radius).
Therefore this dip is not due to another exoplanet orbiting the TrES-4 star!

There's an intriguing "dip" at 1.2 hr past 08.39 UT that may be noteworthy at some future date when more OOT observations are available.

Finder Image

FOV ~ 22 x 13 'arc. Note that a nearby star is variable (Patrick Wiggins, private communication) so don't use it for reference.

References

The discovery paper by Mandushev et al, 2007 includes LCs showing depth = 10.8 mmag (z' and B-bands) with a length of ~3.5 to 3.6 hr (depending on definition used).

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