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Title:
The University of New South Wales Extrasolar Planet Search
Authors:
Hidas, M. G.; Webb, J. K.; Ashley, M. C. B.; Phillips, M. A.; Christiansen, J. L.; Hamacher, D.; Curran, S. J.; Irwin, M.; Aigrain, S.; Irwin, J.
Publication:
Transiting Extrapolar Planets Workshop ASP Conference Series, Vol. 366, Proceedings of the conference held 25-28 September, 2006 at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, Germany. Edited by C. Afonso, D. Weldrake, and Th. Henning. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2007., p.45
Publication Date:
07/2007
Origin:
ASP
Bibliographic Code:
2007ASPC..366...45H

Abstract

Our team at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) is searching for transiting extrasolar planets using the 0.5~m Automated Patrol Telescope (APT) at Siding Spring Observatory, Australia. We monitor field stars in pairs of fields (2 × 3 degrees each) at intermediate galactic latitudes (15° ⪉ |b| ⪉ 45°), over runs of approximately two months. To date we have identified 62 planet candidates, though follow-up studies have shown most of these to be eclipsing binary stars. For three remaining candidates a planetary origin of the transit signal has not been ruled out. We are currently analysing follow-up data on two of these. A new CCD camera for the APT --- currently under construction --- will provide higher sensitivity, better image sampling, and up to an 8-fold increase in field of view, increasing our search efficiency accordingly.
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