ASTEP South: An Antarctic Search for Transiting ExoPlanets around the celestial south pole

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 511, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Crouzet, N ^a   Guillot, T ^a   Agabi, A ^a   Rivet, J P ^a   Bondoux, E ^a,d   Challita, Z ^a,d   Fantei Caujolle Y ^a   Fressin, F ^b   Mekarnia D ^a   Schmider, F X ^a   Valbousquet, F ^c   Blazit, A ^a   Bonhomme, S ^a   Abe, L ^a   Daban, J B ^a   Gouvret, C ^a   Fruth, T ^e   Rauer, H ^e,f   Erikson, A ^e   Barbieri, M ^g   Aigrain, S ^h   Pont, F ^h   more..

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^c Optique et Vision ^*  (France)

^d Concordia Station ^*  (Antarctica)

^e GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^f TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Methods: data analysis; Methods: observational; Site testing; Techniques: photometric

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; DETECTION EFFICIENCY; EXO-PLANETS; FIELD OF VIEWS; GIANT PLANETS; HIGH POTENTIAL; METHODS:DATA ANALYSIS; METHODS:OBSERVATIONAL; ORBITAL PERIODS; PILOT PROJECTS; POINT-SPREAD FUNCTION; PRELIMINARY DATA; PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS; SITE TESTING; SKY BACKGROUND; SOUTH POLE; TARGET STAR; TECHNIQUES: PHOTOMETRIC; TIME-SCALES; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

CAMERAS; CCD CAMERAS; DATA REDUCTION; DOMES; METEOROLOGY; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; PHOTOMETERS; PHOTOMETRY; PLANETS; POLES; STARS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 79952829468     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200913629     Document Type: Article

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