Public talk at 2018 St Andrews Observatory Open Night.
How to find exoplanets?St Andrews Observatory Open NightFran Bartolić1
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2© NASAReminder: we are here
The Solar System3© earthhow.com
What are exoplanets?4●
History of exoplanet discoveries5●●●
History of exoplanet discoveries6© Hugh Osborn●●●
Diversity of exoplanets7© NASA
On average, there’s 1 planet for every star in the Milky Way.8
How does an exoplanet look like?9
This is not an exoplanet10© ESO
This is an exoplanet11
This is an exoplanet12
How can we detect exoplanets?13
14© NASANASA Kepler mission
15© Pearson et. al. 2017Needle in a haystack
16What’s coming up next in exoplanet science?●●●Exomoon?
Take home messages17●●●
Take home messages18●●●