Two new transits added to the Exoplanet Transits page

Two new exoplanet transits (TOI-1811b and Qatar-6b) has been added to the Exoplanet transits page.

More information about exoplanets and all the transits recorded here.

New exoplanet transit: XO-2Nb

XO-2Nb is a gas giant exoplanet orbiting XO-2N, an G9/K0V type star with an apparent magnitude of 11.14 and a size close to that of our Sun (Mass = 0.96 Msun, Radius = 0.998 Rsun).

Located in the constellation Lynx, it is 486 light-years away from us and takes only 2.6 days to complete one orbit around its star. Its discovery was announced in 2007. 

Its mass is 0.62 times that of Jupiter, and the distance to its star is 0.0368 AU.

Transit taken remotely on 11/01/2025 (with Moon at 95%) with TOA-150 telescope and STL-11000M camera (100 120-second exposures)

Link to transit in ExoClock. (page takes a few seconds to load)

More information about exoplanets and other transits here.

The Horsehead Nebula & NGC 2023

The Horsehead Nebula (also known as Barnard 33) and NGC 2023 are located in the constellation Orion, one of the most recognizable region of the night sky. This area is rich in fascinating celestial objects and is part of the larger Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, about 1500 light-years from Earth.

The Horsehead Nebula, discovered by the Scottish astronomer Williamina Fleming …Read more

New exoplanet transit: XO-7b

XO-7b is a gas giant exoplanet orbiting XO-7, an G0V- type star with an apparent magnitude of 10.5 and a size close to that of our Sun (Mass = 1.40 Msun, Radius = 1.48 Rsun).

Located in the constellation Ursa Minor, it is 764 light-years away from us and takes only 2.9 days to complete one orbit around its star. Its discovery
was announced in 2019. 

Its mass is 0.726 times that of Jupiter, and the distance to its star is 0.0432 AU.

Transit taken remotely on 16/12/2024 (with Moon at 98%) with TOA-150 telescope and STL-11000M camera (115 90-second exposures)

Link to transit in ExoClock. (page takes a few seconds to load)

More information about exoplanets and other transits here.

NGC 7635 The Bubble Nebula in Narrowband

This image is the new version of the nebula obtained with data remotely taken between September and November 2024, with Hydrogen alpha, Oxygen III and Sulphur II filters…Read more

NGC 7635 The Bubble Nebula (RGB data from 2012)

NGC7635 also called "Bubble Nebula" (Sharpless 162, Caldwell 11) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia with a very particular "bubble" shape. It is 6 to 10 light years in size, and it was, created by the stellar wind from a central star (SAO 20575, BD+60 2522)…lRead more

C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS

After several attempts frustrated by clouds, on 18/10/2024, I had the opportunity to take some images of comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS from my observatory in Àger.

The first image is focused on detail and is taken with Takahashi TOA-150 and STL-11000M camera: 29 x 30 seconds of Luminance plus 11 x 20 seconds of R, G and B (those taken with FSQ-106N)…Read more