Kepler-13AB aperture photometry

DOI

Using the high-resolution imaging instrument, 'Alopeke, at the Gemini-N telescope, we obtained simultaneous two-channel time-series observations of the binary exoplanet host star Kepler13-AB. Our optical observations were obtained during a transit event of the exoplanet Kepler-13b and light curves were produced using both speckle interferometric and aperture photometry techniques. Both techniques confirm that the transiting object orbits the star Kepler-13A while different transit depths are seen across the optical wavelength range, being ~2 times deeper in the blue. These measurements, as well as mass determinations in the literature, are consistent with Kepler-13b being a highly irradiated gas giant with a bloated atmosphere. Our observations highlight the ability of high-resolution speckle imaging to not only assess binarity in exoplanet host stars but robustly determine which of the stars the transiting object actually orbits.

Identifier
DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.51580113
Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/158/113
Related Identifier https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/AJ/158/113
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Provenance
Creator Howell S.B.; Scott N.J.; Matson R.A.; Horch E.P.; Stephens A.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2019
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Representation
Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Exoplanet Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics; Stellar Astronomy