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errata, addenda, techniques: photometric, techniques: radial velocities, planets and satellites: detection, planets and satellites: fundamental parameters, planets and satellites: individual: WTS-1b

The paper ‘The first planet detected in the WTS: an inflated hot-Jupiter in a 3.35 d orbit around a late F star’ was published in MNRAS, 427, 1877 (2012).

An error in the coordinates of the observed star has been found. Such error occurred during the conversion of the star coordinates from the decimal annotation to the sexagesimal one. The coordinates expressed in the decimal annotation are correct and consistent with those provided by many sky surveys (e.g. SLOAN-SDSS, 2MASS, WISE ).

In Table 1, the corrected values of the observed star coordinates are reported (this table updates Table 2 in the printed version of the paper). Galactic coordinates and proper motion are corrected accordingly.

Table 1.
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The host star WTS-1.

ParameterValue
RAa19h35m56|${^{\rm s}_{.}}$|4
Dec.a+36d17m46|${^{\rm s}_{.}}$|8
la+70| $_{.}^{\circ}$|0162
ba+7| $_{.}^{\circ}$|5573
μαcos δb−6.1 ± 1.9 mas yr−1
μδb−2.8 ± 2.4 mas yr−1
ParameterValue
RAa19h35m56|${^{\rm s}_{.}}$|4
Dec.a+36d17m46|${^{\rm s}_{.}}$|8
la+70| $_{.}^{\circ}$|0162
ba+7| $_{.}^{\circ}$|5573
μαcos δb−6.1 ± 1.9 mas yr−1
μδb−2.8 ± 2.4 mas yr−1

Note:

a

Epoch J2000;

b

Proper motion from SDSS.

Table 1.
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The host star WTS-1.

ParameterValue
RAa19h35m56|${^{\rm s}_{.}}$|4
Dec.a+36d17m46|${^{\rm s}_{.}}$|8
la+70| $_{.}^{\circ}$|0162
ba+7| $_{.}^{\circ}$|5573
μαcos δb−6.1 ± 1.9 mas yr−1
μδb−2.8 ± 2.4 mas yr−1
ParameterValue
RAa19h35m56|${^{\rm s}_{.}}$|4
Dec.a+36d17m46|${^{\rm s}_{.}}$|8
la+70| $_{.}^{\circ}$|0162
ba+7| $_{.}^{\circ}$|5573
μαcos δb−6.1 ± 1.9 mas yr−1
μδb−2.8 ± 2.4 mas yr−1

Note:

a

Epoch J2000;

b

Proper motion from SDSS.

As the decimal annotation for the star coordinates have always been used along the observations, correcting this error does not change the conclusions presented in our work.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We thank X. Chen and C. Sturm who helped us detecting this mistake.

© 2014 The Authors Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society
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