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The WASP transit surveys

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2008

Andrew Collier Cameron ,
Don Pollacco ,
Coel Hellier  and
Richard West
Andrew Collier Cameron
Affiliation:
SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9SS, UK email: acc4@st-and.ac.uk
Don Pollacco
Affiliation:
ARC, School of Mathematics & Physics, Queen's University, Belfast, BT7 1NN, UK
Coel Hellier
Affiliation:
Astrophysics Group, Keele University, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, UK
Richard West
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
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Abstract

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The WASP consortium operates two wide-field camera arrays in the northern (La Palma) and southern (Sutherland) hemispheres. Each installation comprises a robotic mount bearing 8 cameras, forming a mosaic with a field of view of 30 degrees in declination by 1 hour in right ascension. Here we describe the system performance, observing strategy, candidate selection procedures and follow-up campaigns, and the yield and physical characteristics of the 16 planets discovered in the course of the survey to date.

Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 4 , Symposium S253: Transiting Planets , May 2008 , pp. 29 - 35
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2009

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