XO-5 [SEP] constellation
XO-5
XO-5 is a yellow dwarf main sequence star located approximately 910 light-years away from Earth in the Lynx constellation. It has a magnitude of about 12 and cannot be seen with the naked eye but is visible through a small telescope.
Planetary system.
The exoplanet XO-5b was discovered by the XO Telescope using the transit method in 2008. This planet is classified as a hot jupiter. A search for transit timing variations caused by additional planets was negative.
See also.
- XO Telescope
XO-1
XO-1 is a magnitude 11 G-type main-sequence star star located approximately 536 light-years away in the constellation Corona Borealis. XO-1 has a mass and radius similar to the Sun.
In 2006 the extrasolar planet XO-1b was discovered orbiting XO-1 by the transit method using the XO Telescope.
Planetary system.
The XO Project is an international team of professional and amateur astronomers which discovered the Jupiter-sized planet orbiting around XO-1. The team, led by Peter McCullough of the Space Telescope Science Institute