Ground-based light curve follow-up validation observations of TESS object of interest TOI 3683.01

Exoplanets are wonders of the universe that push scientists to discover more. The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission was designed specifically to discover these celestial bodies, surveying the sky to find possible star candidates that may be hosts to these planets. The way it detects these fluctuations is through the transit method. The transit method is a exoplanet detection method that uses slight dimming of a star as a planet passes in front of it1. Because the TESS satellite gathers so much data, it is impossible for it to all be analyzed at once and leads to possibility of false positives. This is why follow up observations are done from the ground. The observations done for this study were on candidate TOI 3683.01. Images were gathered and then plate solved using AstroImageJ, and a light curve along with an NEB plot was made. Once all the data was collected, analysis was done to find a transit curve and confirm a planet or state a false positive. From the data collection and analysis preformed, the curve produced from this data set likely indicates a binary star system rather than a planet.