XO-3
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Basic data

    RA = 04:21:53.5, DE = +57:49:01
    Season = Dec 01
    B = 10.25
± 0.03, V = 9.80 ± 0.03, Rc = 9.54 ± 0.03, Ic = 9.28 ± 0.05, B-V = 0.45 ± 0.05 (B. Gary, all-sky)
    HJDo = 4449.86816 (23) & P = 3.1915239 (23) day (Schneider listing in Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia)
    HJDo = 4449.86802 (42) & P = 3.1915119 (16) day (AXA fit)
    Depth = 9.9 ± 1.0 mmag
    Length = 2.85
± 0.08 hr
    Fp = 0.24
± 0.05, F2 = 0.77 ± 0.10
    Impact parameter = 0.705 (23)

Comments

         

                                 
TT = mid-transit departure from ephemeris [min];  Length [hrs]; depth [mmag]; Fp = fraction of transit that's partial; F2 = ratio of depth at contact #2 to mid-transit depth; Ap = aperture [inches].

                       

   
      

Light Curves



9B29WPK


9B26WPK


9923GBL


9903GJ2


8b20CJI1


8b20AA21


8a03AAX1


8a03GJL1


8229GJ21


8210nra1


7b13futR


7a25futR


7a25futI



7a09futR


7a09futI


Depth is uncertain due to apparent "air mass curvature" systematic effect. Coming late is credible though.



7215futV


7215futB


6b08futV


6b08futR


6b08futB


6a26futR


6a26futB


6a23futV


6a23futR


6a23futB

 
6a16vanR


6921futR Either the first, or one of the first, amateur LCs for this object.


Professional Light Curves


Copied from discovery paper,  Johns-Krull, et al (2007) http://arxiv.org/abs/0712.4283


Out-of-Transit (OOT)




Not statistically significant.

 


All-Sky Photometry


 

Estimated SE values are 0.03, 0.03, 0.03 and 0.05 mag. The B-V SE is 0.05 mag.


This is an "internal consistency check." It passes!


I conclude that interstellar reddening biases the Tycho V-mag value, and might also influence the conversion from J and K to V. The two all-sky measurements provide a consistent result that is free of the interestellar reddening biases. which argues for V-mag = 9.80 ± 0.03.


Finder Image




Here's a reference to the "discovery paper" for XO-3:

"XO-3: A MASSIVE PLANET IN AN ECCENTRIC ORBIT TRANSITING AN F5V STAR," Christopher M. Johns-Krull, Peter R. McCullough, Christopher J. Burke, Jeff A. Valenti, K. A. Janes, J. N. Heasley, L. Prato, R. Bissinger, M.Fleenor, C. N. Foote, E. Garcia-Melendo, B. L. Gary, P. J. Howell, F. Mallia, G. Masi, T. Vanmunster  http://arxiv.org/abs/0712.4283


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