Investigating Close-in Exoplanets through Transit Observations

TL;DR

This paper reports on a collaborative effort using a network of meter-class telescopes to observe exoplanet transits, specifically analyzing the TrES3 system for transit timing variations.

Contribution

It introduces a new collaborative network for transit observations and provides initial findings on transit timing variations in the TrES3 system.

Findings

Potential transit timing variations detected in TrES3

Successful establishment of a telescope network for exoplanet monitoring

First observational results from the collaborative effort

Abstract

Through the international collaborators, we recently established a network of existing and working meter-class telescopes to look for planetary transit events. As a first step, we focus on the TrES3 system, and conclude that there could be some level of transit timing variations.