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Searching for Extrasolar Planets Using Transits

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2017

M. G. Hidas ,
J. K. Webb ,
M. C. B. Ashley ,
C. H. Lineweaver ,
J. Anderson  and
M. Irwin
M. G. Hidas
Affiliation:
University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052 NSW, Australia
J. K. Webb
Affiliation:
University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052 NSW, Australia
M. C. B. Ashley
Affiliation:
University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052 NSW, Australia
C. H. Lineweaver
Affiliation:
University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052 NSW, Australia
J. Anderson
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley, USA
M. Irwin
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK

Abstract

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The presence of an extrasolar planet can be revealed when it passes in front of its host star, reducing the star's apparent brightness by ∼ 1%. We are monitoring a large sample (of order 104) of stars using our own 0.5 m telescope at Siding Spring Observatory, Australia, in search of such transiting planets.

Type
Extrasolar Planets
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 213: Bioastronomy 2002: Life Among the stars , 2004 , pp. 77 - 79
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2004 

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