Searching for Extrasolar Planets from UNSW

The Automated Patrol Telescope, operated by the University of New South Wales, has been undertaking a search for extrasolar planets using the transit method. We present lightcurves from two recent promising candidates; spectroscopic follow-up using the ANU 2.3m telescope shows that the companions ar...

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Published in:Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 2005-10, Vol.1 (C200), p.193-198
Main Authors: Christiansen, Jessie L., Ashley, M.C.B., Hidas, M.G., Webb, J.K., Phillips, A., Irwin, M., Irwin, J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Algorithms
Automation
Candidates
Contributed Papers
Software
Stars & galaxies
Telescopes
Velocity
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Summary:The Automated Patrol Telescope, operated by the University of New South Wales, has been undertaking a search for extrasolar planets using the transit method. We present lightcurves from two recent promising candidates; spectroscopic follow-up using the ANU 2.3m telescope shows that the companions are probably low mass stars rather than planets, although more data will be needed to be certain. Additionally, we outline future improvements to our transit search: a hardware upgrade scheduled for 2006, and the addition of a robust trend-filtering algorithm to the data reduction software.
ISSN:1743-9213
1743-9221
DOI:10.1017/S1743921306009318