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Co-ordinated Follow-Up of Transiting Planet Candidates with Robotic Telescope Facilities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2008

R. A. Street  and
T. A. Lister
R. A. Street
Affiliation:
Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network, 6740 Cortona Drive, Suite 102, Goleta, CA 93117, USA email: [email protected], [email protected] Dept. of Physics, Broida Hall, University of California at Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9530, USA
T. A. Lister
Affiliation:
Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network, 6740 Cortona Drive, Suite 102, Goleta, CA 93117, USA email: [email protected], [email protected]
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Abstract

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There are now several large photometric surveys scanning millions of stellar light-curves for signs of planetary transits. All produce large candidate lists with a high false alarm rate, so that further observations are required to confirm new detections. One such survey, SuperWASP, produced ~150 candidates during the 2007–2008 season. Here we describe our campaign to follow-up 86 of these candidates using the robotic facilities of Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network and the Tenagra-II robotic telescope in Arizona. The aim of these observations was to eliminate false positives as far as possible ahead of spectroscopic follow-up and to provide additional photometry to help characterise the surviving targets.

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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 4 , Symposium S253: Transiting Planets , May 2008 , pp. 412 - 415
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2009

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