We present the results of a ground-based search for the secondary eclipse of the 3.3 M Jup transiting planet CoRoT-2b. We performed near-infrared photometry using the LIRIS instrument on the 4.2 m William Herschel Telescope, in the H and Ks filters. We monitored the star around two expected secondary eclipses in two nights under very good observing conditions. For the depth of the secondary eclipse, in the H band we found a 3σ upper limit of 0.17%, whereas we detected a tentative eclipse with a depth of 0.16% ± 0.09% in the Ks band. These depths can be translated into brightness temperatures of TH 2250 K and K, which indicate an inefficient re-distribution of the incident stellar flux from the planet's day side to its night side. Our results are in agreement with the CoRoT optical measurement (Alonso et al.) and with Spitzer 4.5 and 8 μm results (Gillon et al.).
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机译:我们提出了地面搜索3.3 M Jup过渡行星CoRoT-2b的次月食的结果。我们使用4.2 m的William Herschel望远镜在H和Ks滤镜上使用LIRIS仪器进行了近红外光度法。我们在非常好的观测条件下,在两个晚上对恒星周围的两个预期次蚀进行了监测。对于次食的深度,在H波段,我们发现3σ的上限为0.17%,而在Ks波段,我们检测到了深度为0.16%±0.09%的暂食。这些深度可以转化为TH <2250 K和K的亮度温度,这表明从行星的白天到夜晚的入射恒星通量的重新分配效率很低。我们的结果与CoRoT光学测量结果(Alonso等人)以及Spitzer 4.5和8μm结果(Gillon等人)一致。
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