Light curves and habitability

[caballerodiez91]

Hi,

Another quick question. Can we say that light curves of potentially habitable exoplanets usually have most of the 'dots' at a similar height? (in the period of 1 month, leaving aside the transits).

For example, these are the light curves of trappist:

[caballerodiez91]

Maybe my question is silly  sorry then lol

[andrew s]

On 4/14/2017 at 14:59, caballerodiez91 said:

most of the 'dots' at a similar height?

What this means is the star has a constant luminosity when not being transited by a planet. I don't know if this is common or not but there maybe a selection effect in that stars with fast variable output would tend to mask the changes is magnitude due to transits.

Regards Andrew

[caballerodiez91]

9 hours ago, andrew s said:

What this means is the star has a constant luminosity when not being transited by a planet. I don't know if this is common or not but there maybe a selection effect in that stars with fast variable output would tend to mask the changes is magnitude due to transits.

Regards Andrew

Thanks for your answer.