TrES-2A
GSC 03549-02811 is a binary star system containing a G-type main-sequence star similar to the Sun. This star is located approximately 704 light-years away in the constellation of Draco. The apparent magnitude of this star is 11.41, which means it is not visible to the naked eye but can be seen with a medium-sized amateur telescope on a clear dark night. The age of this star is about 5 billion years.
Nomenclature
The designation GSC 03549-02811 comes from the Guide Star Catalog.The star is often called TrES-2, in reference to its planet discovered by the Trans-Atlantic Exoplanet Survey. The discovery paper and the SIMBAD database use this designation for the planet itself, but other sources call the star TrES-2 and the planet TrES-2b, following the standard exoplanet naming convention. In keeping with the planet being component b, the companion star is designated TrES-2C, although it is also designated Kepler-1B.
The planet was also observed by the Kepler space telescope, and so the star is also known as Kepler-1. Since the planet transits the star, the star is classified as a planetary transit variable and has received the variable star designation V581 Draconis.
Binary star
In 2008 a study was undertaken of fourteen stars with exoplanets that were originally discovered using the transit method through relatively small telescopes. These systems were re-examined with the 2.2M reflector telescope at the Calar Alto Observatory in Spain. This star system, along with two others, was determined to be a previously unknown binary star system. The previously unknown secondary star is a dim magnitude 15 K-type star separated by about 232 AU from the primary, appearing offset from the primary by about one arc second in the images. This discovery resulted in a significant recalculation of parameters for both the planet and the primary star.Planetary system
In 2006, the exoplanet TrES-2b was discovered by the Trans-Atlantic Exoplanet Survey using the transit method. It was also within the Kepler Mission#Known [extrasolar planets in Kepler.27s field of view|field of view] of the Kepler Mission planet-hunter spacecraft. This system continues to be studied by other projects and the parameters are continuously improved. The planet orbits the primary star.TrES-2b is a hot Jupiter, with a mass and size similar to those of Jupiter but an orbital period of only two days. Its orbit is prograde relative to its star's rotation. In 2011, TrES-2b was found to have a very low albedo, reflecting less than 1 percent of the light from its star, making it the darkest known exoplanet at the time. However, it also emits a significant amount of light because its surface temperature is so hot that it glows red. Due to its close orbit, it is assumed to be tidally locked to its parent star.