Multi-filter transit observations of HAT-P-3b and TrES-3b with multiple Northern Hemisphere telescopes

TL;DR

This study presents multi-filter photometric observations of exoplanets HAT-P-3b and TrES-3b using small telescopes, confirming their physical parameters and orbital stability over nine years.

Contribution

It provides new light curves, first results from some telescopes, and confirms filter independence of planetary radius and orbital period stability.

Findings

No difference in relative radius across filters

First estimate of HAT-P-3b's radius in B band

Orbital period of TrES-3b stable over nine years

Abstract

We present a photometric follow-up of transiting exoplanets HAT-P-3b and TrES-3b, observed by using several optical and near-infrared filters, with four small-class telescopes (D = 36--152cm) in the Northern Hemisphere. Two of the facilities present their first scientific results. New 10 HAT-P-3b light curves and new 26 TrES-3b light curves are reduced and combined by filter in order to improve the quality of the photometry. Combined light curves fitting is carried out independently by using two different analysis packages, allowing the corroboration of the orbital and physical parameters in the literature. Results find no differences in the relative radius with the observing filter. In particular, we report for HAT-P-3b a first estimation of the planet-to-star radius Rp/R* = 0.1112+0.0025-0.0026 in the B band which is coherent with values found in the VRIz'JH filters. Concerning TrES-3b, we derive a value for the orbital period of P = 1.3061862+-0.0000001 days which shows no linear variations over nine years of photometric observations.