Physics – Geophysics
Scientific paper
Feb 2005
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005a%26g....46a..19p&link_type=abstract
Astronomy & Geophysics, Volume 46, Issue 1, pp. 1.19-1.22.
Physics
Geophysics
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Scientific paper
Wide-field astronomy has come into its own with techniques for detecting extrasolar planets, although it has applications elsewhere in astronomy. The SuperWASP project arose from experience of imaging comets in the 1990s and can now collect data at a rate of a gigabyte a night. The WASP - Wide Angle Search for Planets - consortium of UK and Spanish astronomers responsible for building the instrument has taken an unconventional approach, choosing to get results quickly and develop the essential data pipeline and archiving facilities in parallel with the scientific development. As a result, the SuperWASP camera has already collected 3 TB of data and there are plans to increase the data collection rate in the next year. The project has already identified new variable stars and has some transit candidates. Its innovative approach, using commercially available hardware and software components, has kept costs down and allowed development in a much shorter period than normal.
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