Open Source Differential Photometry Code for Amateur Astronomy Research (OSCAAR)

http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/nasa-funded-program-helps-amateur-astronomers-detect-alien-worlds/

NASA-funded Program Helps Amateur Astronomers Detect Alien Worlds

A new program will let amateur astronomers detect exoplanets – worlds outside our solar system – by observing nearby bright stars and recording faint dips in their brightness caused by transits from planets in orbit around them