Exoplanet Two-Square Degree Survey With SAO RAS Robotic Facilities

Abstract

We used the 0.5-m robotic telescope located at the Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences for monitoring two square degrees of the sky with the aim of detecting new exoplanets. A dimming of the visible brightness is expected due to the exoplanets transiting their host stars. We analyzed about 25,000 raw images of stars taken in the period between August 2020 and January 2021 and plotted the light curves for about 30,000 stars on a half-year timescale. Five newly discovered exoplanet candidates are being investigated to determine their transit event parameters. We also present the light curves for dozens of binary stars.