# # Program information file # PROGRAM_ID 2022B978 PROGRAM_TITLE Variable Young Exoplanet PROGRAM_INV1 Michael Liu PROGRAM_INV2 PROGRAM_INV3 PROGRAM_INV4 PROGRAM_INV5 PROGRAM_SCICAT extra-solar planets PROGRAM_ABSTRACT_BEG We will obtain prism spectra with the 0.8 arcsec slit of a possible wide exoplanet companion with strong variability. It is the beta Pic moving group member 2MASS 0249c, which has a similar mass and spectral type to the famous planet beta Pic b. This object is a compelling laboratory for understanding the processes present in exoplanet atmospheres. PROGRAM_ABSTRACT_END