Theory

The technical side. Maths/physics behind photometry. Optics?
How photometry is done, including some mention of the hardware side of things.
Information on the telescope (hardware)
Information on software used to process images.
Information on the candidate star (in this case)
Lightcurve (maybe fourier analysis? mention - see Austnet:Freespace for data)

From Brad:
"This is based on calculating the telescope's limiting mFRagnitude and signal to noise using software packages that already exist on the web, for example: *Going to need to think about this one, looks tough"
http://www.tass-survey.org/richmond/signal.shtml

You can also compare the Mt Kent scope in terms of aperture, field of view and pixel scale to current search programs (as outlined for example at transitsearch.org)
All of this can be a compact and well-defined exercise with a succinct write-up. On the other hand, tackling the real data may well take too much time, even with IRIS.

Other websites of possible interest:
http://www.aavso.org/observing/programs/ccd/manual/ - ccd observing manual
http://www.aavso.org/news/gj436.shtml - example of type of science that can be done"

From project description:

"METHOD This project involves photometry of a known transiting exoplanet from the list at:
http://www.dtm.ciw.edu/boss/planets.html or from exoplanet discovery announcements (e.g.):
http:///www.transitsearch.org
http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/index.cfm
http://skyandtelescope.com/printable/news/article_1347.asp
http://skyandtelescope.com/printable/news/article_1403.asp
This project will verify that robotic photometry using Mt Kent Observatory can contribute to future exoplanet studies."

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