On 17 July 2017, the discovery of MASCARA-1b, a confirmed superjovian exoplanet with a mass 3.7MJ, was reported by the survey team. MASCARA-1b is a hot Jupiter transiting its parent A-type star; its orbit is misaligned with the star's rotation.[4] The planet was found unusually reflective for hot Jupiter with the measured geometric albedo of 0.171+0.066 −0.068 and dayside temperature of 3062+66 −68K.[5] Attempts to spectroscopically characterize its composition were failing as in 2022 due to relatively high planetary surface gravity resulting in compact atmosphere.[6]
A second planet, MASCARA-2b, also known as KELT-20b, was also announced in 2017. It is a hot Jupiter orbiting an A-type star.[7] The carbon monoxide, steam[8][9] and neutral iron[10] detection in the atmosphere of MASCARA-2b was announced in 2022.
A planet MASCARA-4b (also known as HD 85628 Ab) discovery was announced in 2019. It is a hot Jupiter on retrograde and slightly eccentric orbit.[11] The planet is unusually reflective for a hot Jupiter.[12] Hydrogen, sodium, magnesium, calcium and iron emission from planetary atmosphere was detected.[13]
In 2021, a planet MASCARA-5b (more commonly known as TOI-1431 b), is an Ultra-hot Jupiter. Its dayside temperature is 2,700 K (2,427 °C), making it hotter than 40% of stars in our galaxy.[14] The nightside temperature is 2,600 K (2,300 °C).[15]
^Fu, Guangwei; Sing, David K.; Lothringer, Joshua D.; Deming, Drake; Ih, Jegug; Kempton, Eliza M. -R.; Malik, Matej; Komacek, Thaddeus D.; Mansfield, Megan; Bean, Jacob L. (2022), "Strong H2O and CO Emission Features in the Spectrum of KELT-20b Driven by Stellar UV Irradiation", The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 925 (1): L3, arXiv:2201.02261, Bibcode:2022ApJ...925L...3F, doi:10.3847/2041-8213/ac4968
^Kasper, David; Bean, Jacob L.; Line, Michael R.; Seifahrt, Andreas; Brady, Madison T.; Lothringer, Joshua; Pino, Lorenzo; Fu, Guangwei; Pelletier, Stefan; Stürmer, Julian; Benneke, Björn; Brogi, Matteo; Désert, Jean-Michel (2023), "Unifying High- and Low-resolution Observations to Constrain the Dayside Atmosphere of KELT-20b/MASCARA-2b", The Astronomical Journal, 165 (1): 7, arXiv:2208.04759, Bibcode:2023AJ....165....7K, doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ac9f40
^Yan, F.; Reiners, A.; Pallé, E.; Shulyak, D.; Stangret, M.; Molaverdikhani, K.; Nortmann, L.; Mollière, P.; Henning, Th.; Casasayas-Barris, N.; Cont, D.; Chen, G.; Czesla, S.; Sánchez-López, A.; López-Puertas, M.; Ribas, I.; Quirrenbach, A.; Caballero, J. A.; Amado, P. J.; Galadí-Enríquez, D.; Khalafinejad, S.; Lara, L. M.; Montes, D.; Morello, G.; Nagel, E.; Sedaghati, E.; Zapatero Osorio, M. R.; Zechmeister, M. (2022), "Detection of iron emission lines and a temperature inversion on the dayside of the ultra-hot Jupiter KELT-20b", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 659: A7, arXiv:2201.08759, Bibcode:2022A&A...659A...7Y, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202142395
^Dorval, P.; Talens, G. J. J.; Otten, G. P. P. L.; Brahm, R.; Jordán, A.; Torres, P.; Vanzi, L.; Zapata, A.; Henry, T.; Paredes, L.; Jao, W. C.; James, H.; Hinojosa, R.; Bakos, G. A.; Csubry, Z.; Bhatti, W.; Suc, V.; Osip, D.; Mamajek, E. E.; Mellon, S. N.; Wyttenbach, A.; Stuik, R.; Kenworthy, M.; Bailey, J.; Ireland, M.; Crawford, S.; Lomberg, B.; Kuhn, R.; Snellen, I. (2019), "MASCARA-4 b/BRing-1 b: A retrograde hot Jupiter around a bright A-type star", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 635: A60, arXiv:1904.02733, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201935611
^Ahlers, John P.; Kruse, Ethan; Colón, Knicole D.; Dorval, Patrick; Talens, Geert Jan; Snellen, Ignas; Albrecht, Simon; Otten, Gilles; Ricker, George; Vanderspek, Roland; Latham, David; Seager, Sara; Winn, Joshua; Jenkins, Jon M.; Haworth, Kari; Cartwright, Scott; Morris, Robert; Rowden, Pam; Tenenbaum, Peter; Ting, Eric B. (2019), "Gravity-darkening Analysis of the Misaligned Hot Jupiter MASCARA-4 B", The Astrophysical Journal, 888 (2): 63, arXiv:1911.05025, doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ab59d0
^Zhang, Yapeng; Snellen, Ignas A. G.; Wyttenbach, Aurèlien; Nielsen, Louise D.; Lendl, Monika; Casasayas-Barris, Núria; Chaverot, Guillaume; Kesseli, Aurora Y.; Lovis, Christophe; Pepe, Francesco A.; Psaridi, Angelica; Seidel, Julia V.; Udry, Stéphane; Ulmer-Moll, Solène (2022), "Transmission spectroscopy of the ultra-hot Jupiter MASCARA-4 B", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 666: A47, arXiv:2208.11427, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202244203
G.J.J. Talens et al., The Multi-site All-Sky CAmeRA: Finding transiting exoplanets around bright (mV <8) stars, accepted for publication in A&AarXiv:1702.03931
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