<i>H</i>-band thermal emission from the 19-h period planet WASP-19b
<i>H</i>-band thermal emission from the 19-h period planet WASP-19b
We present the first ground-based detection of thermal emission from an exoplanet in the H-band. Using HAWK-I on the VLT, we observed an occultation of WASP-19b by its G8V-type host star. WASP-19b is a Jupiter-mass planet with an orbital period of only 19 h, and thus, being highly irradiated, is …