CVSO 30

CVSO 30

VLT image of CVSO 30 and its planet, CVSO 30 c
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Orion
Right ascension 05h 25m 07.557s[1]
Declination +01° 34 24.33[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) +16.26
Characteristics
Spectral type M3
Astrometry
Distance1200 ly
(330 pc)
Details
Mass0.39±0.05 M
Radius1.39 R
Temperature3740 K
Age2.65[2] Myr
Other designations
2MASS J05250755+0134243, PTFO 8-8695
Database references
SIMBADdata

CVSO 30 is a star, located in constellation Orion at 1200 light years from Earth away with two candidate planets (CVSO 30 b and CVSO 30 c). It is the first star around which potential planets have been found both by the transit method and by direct imaging.

CVSO 30 b is calculated to have a period of 10.76 hours (0.008 AU) and CVSO 30 c a period of 27,000 years (660 AU).[3] [4]

Direct imaging of CVSO 30 c has been achieved through photometric and spectroscopic high contrast observations carried out with the Very Large Telescope located in Chile, the Keck Observatory in Hawaii and the Calar Alto Observatory in Spain. Both candidate planets are gas giants.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "SIMBAD Astronomical Database". Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  2. "Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia". Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  3. Schmidt, T. O. B.; Neuhäuser, R.; Briceno, C.; Vogt, N.; Raetz, St.; Seifahrt, A.; Ginski, C.; Mugrauer, M.; Buder, S.; Adam, C.; Hauschildt, P.; Witte, S.; Helling, Ch.; Schmitt, J. H. M. M. (2016). "Direct Imaging discovery of a second planet around the transiting planet host star CVSO 30". Astronomy & Astrophysics. arXiv:1605.05315Freely accessible. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201526326.
  4. "Direct Imaging discovery of a second planet candidate around the possibly transiting planet host CVSO 30" (PDF).
  5. "Amazing Photo Shows Likely Alien Planet 1,200 Light-Years Away". MSN. 21 June 2016.

Further reading

Koen, C. (2015). "Multicolour time series photometry of the T Tauri star CVSO 30". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 450 (4): 3991. Bibcode:2015MNRAS.450.3991K. doi:10.1093/mnras/stv906. 

Raetz, St.; Schmidt, T.O.B.; Czesla, S.; Klocová, T.; Holmes, L.; Errmann, R.; Kitze, M.; Fernández, M.; Sota, A.; Briceño, C.; Hernández, J.; Downes, J. J.; Dimitrov, D.P.; Kjurkchieva, D.; Radeva, V.; Wu, Z.-Y.; Zhou, X.; Takahashi, H.; Henych, T.; Seeliger, M.; Mugrauer, M.; Adam, Ch.; Marka, C.; Schmidt, J.G.; Hohle, M.M.; Ginski, Ch.; Pribulla, T.; Trepl, L.; Moualla, M.; et al. (2016). "YETI observations of the young transiting planet candidate CVSO 30 b". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: stw1159. arXiv:1605.05091Freely accessible. doi:10.1093/mnras/stw1159. 

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