The University of New South Wales Extrasolar Planet Search

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Jul 2007

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Transiting Extrapolar Planets Workshop ASP Conference Series, Vol. 366, Proceedings of the conference held 25-28 September, 2006

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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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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