OGLE-2005-BLG-071L [SEP] constellation
OGLE-2005-BLG-071L
OGLE-2005-BLG-071L is a distant, magnitude 19.5 galactic bulge star located in the constellation Scorpius, approximately 11000 light years away from the Solar System. The star is probably a red dwarf with a mass 46% of that of our Sun.
Planetary system.
In 2005 an exoplanet was discovered orbiting this star by the microlensing method.
See also.
- List of extrasolar planets
- Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment or "OGLE"
planets by gravitational microlensing. MicroFUN is based at the Astronomy Department of Ohio State University and coordinates the observation of high-magnification microlensing events. In April 2005, microFUN contributed significantly to the discovery of a Jovian-mass planet (OGLE-2005-BLG-071L), the second planet to be detected in this way. In 2005, the Stardome contributed 250 hours of time-series photometry to this collaboration.
The Stardome also contributes to the Center for Backyard Astrophysics (CBA) in New York City as CBA-Auckland. This professional-