Abstract:
Presented is an attempt to measure the atmospheric composition of the transiting
exoplanet 55 Cancri-e. This measurement was completed via the process of Echelle
spectroscopy. All images were taken with the 0.9-meter telescope at Kitt Peak near Tucson,
Arizona available to Ball State through the Southeast Association for Research in
Astronomy (SARA) Consortium. All images were reduced using the Image Reduction and
Analysis Facility (IRAF) software package.