To Come Up with Strategies for the Discovery of New Exoplanets using Transit Method and Robotic Telescopes

Abstract

the aim of this study is to observe as many star clusters as possible during the suitable weather conditions and to combine the observations of different telescopes available on skynet website for the discovery and confirmation of new exoplanets. A few different key aspects are considered to chose the star clusters like declination of the stars, brightness of the stars within clusters and exposure times needed to observe each cluster to determine how to optimize these observations and watch as many stars in a cluster as possible.

Discipline: Physics

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Stefan Cartledge