The Berlin Exoplanet Search Telescope System

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Jan 2004

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The Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Volume 116, Issue 815, pp. 38-45.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Techniques: Photometric, Stars: Binaries: Eclipsing, Planets And Satellites: General

Scientific paper

We describe a small telescope system, the Berlin Exoplanet Search Telescope (BEST), dedicated to the search for planetary transits of Jupiter-sized planets on close-in orbits. This system consists of a commercial 20 cm telescope equipped with a 2048×2048 pixel CCD. Observations have been performed for almost 2 years, including a commissioning phase and regular observations. Planetary transit candidates have been found and followed further with radial velocity measurements. One example is discussed here: transit events detected around GSC 3566-1556 have been identified as being caused by a binary system consisting of a G0 V primary orbited by an M star. The radii of both stars have been determined.

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