NGTS-2b: an inflated hot-Jupiter transiting a bright F-dwarf

This publication is based on data collected under the NGTS project at the ESO La Silla Paranal Observatory. The NGTS instrument and operations are funded by the consortium institutes and by the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC; project reference ST/M001962/1). LR is supported by an STFC studentship (1795021). The contributions at the University of Leicester by MRG and MRB have been supported by STFC through consolidated grant ST/N000757/1. SLC acknowledges support from LISEO at the University of Leicester. This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement no. 681601). The contributions at the University of Warwick by PJW, RGW, DJA, DP, and TL are supported by an STFC consolidated grant (ST/P000495/1). JSJ acknowledges support by FONDECYT grant 1161218 and partial support by CATA-Basal (PB06, CONICYT). MNG is supported by the UK STFC award reference 1490409 as well as the Isaac Newton Studentship. Contributions at the University of Geneva by FB, BC, LM, and SU were carried out within the framework of the National Centre for Competence in Research ‘PlanetS’ supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). CAW acknowledges support from the STFC grant ST/P000312/1. This work has made use of data from the European Space Agency (ESA) mission Gaia (https://www.cosmos.esa.int/gaia), processed by the Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium (DPAC, https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/gaia/dpac/consortium). Funding for the DPAC has been provided by national institutions, in particular the institutions participating in the Gaia Multilateral Agreement. This research has made use of the NASA Exoplanet Archive, which is operated by the California Institute of Technology, under contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under the Exoplanet Exploration Program.