MOA-cam3: A wide-field mosaic CCD camera for a gravitational microlensing survey in New Zealand

Experimental Astronomy

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 51-66

  Sako, T ^a   Sekiguchi, T ^a   Sasaki, M ^a   Okajima, K ^a   Abe, F ^a   Bond, I A ^b   Hearnshaw, J B ^c   Itow, Y ^a   Kamiya, K ^a   Kilmartin, P M ^c   Masuda, K ^a   Matsubara, Y ^a   Muraki, Y ^a   Rattenbury, N J ^d   Sullivan, D J ^e   Sumi, T ^a   Tristram, P ^c   Yanagisawa, T ^f,g   Yock, P C M ^h  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^f JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^g NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

CCD cameras; Gravitational microlensing; Wide field survey telescope

Indexed keywords

EID: 51849134145     PISSN: 09226435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10686-007-9082-5     Document Type: Article

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