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APH10067148 star data (planets found)

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APH10067148 star data
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This is a light curve from a star which is used to find extrasolar planets using the transit method.
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This is a giant with a radius 6.7 times that of our Sun. The problem with these giants is that they're mostly variable stars, meaning more ups and downs in the light curve which makes it hard to observe transits. For pulsators it's almost impossible to find a transit. In any case, the data of this star shows a lot of quite low dips but not all of those are transits. So the data features quite some noise, but I think I'm seeing transits at day 10, 50, 57, 73, 109, 125, 145, 158, 169, 223, 234, 279, 297, 323, 366 and 399. I might have missed some transits or marked non-transit features but I think there are several planets in this system.

Planet Hunters ID: SPH10067148
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Information about the star:

Type of star: Irregular variable giant
Radius: 6.7 Solar radii
Apparent visual magnitude: 12.9
Spectral class: K
Temperature: 4974K
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