Variable Stars in the Field of TrES-3b (Abstract)

Volume 46 number 1 (2018)

Erin Aadland

Minnesota State University, Moorhead, Department of Physics and Astronomy, 1104 7th Avenue South, Moorhead, MN 56563; mcraig@mnstate.edu

Abstract

(Abstract only) The star field around the exoplanet TrES-3b has potential for finding unknown variable stars. The field was observed over several nights using Minnesota State University Moorhead’s Feder Observatory. A light curve for each star was created and are being evaluated for variability and periodicity. A python program is in development to help complete the analysis by automating some of the process. Several stars in the field appear to be variable and are being further analyzed to determine a period and to classify the type of variable.