ONLINE: Astronomy Talk: Analyzing the Transit of HD 189733b

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We don't have the use of the clubhouse and we wouldn't want to use it until the shelter-in-place order is lifted anyway. But the night sky is still there, and there's still lots to learn. So we'll do this online.

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Topic: Analyzing the Transit of HD 189733b
Speaker: Ria Jain

Description:
An analysis of transit observations of exoplanet HD 189733B across its star using Las Cumbres Observatory's 0.4m telescopes and aperture photometry.

Speaker Bio:
Ria Jain is a senior at Irvington High School in Fremont California. She was selected for the astrophysics track at University of California, Santa Barbara’s Summer Research Academies program in 2021 where she researched a transiting exoplanet and concluded some of its planetary properties.