Exoplanet Transit Database. Reduction and processing of the photometric data of exoplanet transits

TL;DR

The paper introduces the Exoplanet Transit Database, a web-based tool for predicting, processing, and analyzing exoplanet transit photometric data, supporting researchers worldwide.

Contribution

It presents a new online platform with integrated transit prediction, data upload, and analysis features for exoplanet observers.

Findings

The database enables accurate transit timing and depth calculations.

It facilitates collaborative data sharing among researchers.

The platform improves the efficiency of exoplanet transit data analysis.

Abstract

We demonstrate the newly developed resource for exoplanet researchers - The Exoplanet Transit Database. This database is designed to be a web application and it is open for any exoplanet observer. It came on-line in September 2008. The ETD consists of three individual sections. One serves for predictions of the transits, the second one for processing and uploading new data from the observers. We use a simple analytical model of the transit to calculate the central time of transit, its duration and the depth of the transit. These values are then plotted into the observed - computed diagrams (O-C), that represent the last part of the application.