ASTEP South: An Antarctic Search for Transiting Planets around the celestial South pole
Abstract. ASTEP South is the first phase of the ASTEP project that aims to determine the quality of Dome C as a site for future photometric searches for transiting exoplanets and discover extrasolar planets from the Concordia base in Antarctica. ASTEP South consists of a front-illuminated 4k x 4k CC...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.311.5668 2023-05-15T13:52:05+02:00 ASTEP South: An Antarctic Search for Transiting Planets around the celestial South pole N. Crouzet K. Agabi A. Blazit S. Bonhomme Y. Fanteï-caujolle F. Fressin T. Guillot F. -x. Schmider F. Valbousquet E. Bondoux Z. Challita L. Abe J. -b. Daban C. Gouvret The Astep Team The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives 809 application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.311.5668 http://arxiv.org/pdf/0809.4391v1.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.311.5668 http://arxiv.org/pdf/0809.4391v1.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://arxiv.org/pdf/0809.4391v1.pdf photometric methods numerical site testing text ftciteseerx 2016-01-07T22:33:21Z Abstract. ASTEP South is the first phase of the ASTEP project that aims to determine the quality of Dome C as a site for future photometric searches for transiting exoplanets and discover extrasolar planets from the Concordia base in Antarctica. ASTEP South consists of a front-illuminated 4k x 4k CCD camera, a 10 cm refractor, and a simple mount in a thermalized enclosure. A double-glass window is used to reduce temperature variations and its accompanying turbulence on the optical path. The telescope is fixed and observes a 4 ◦ x 4 ◦ field of view centered on the celestial South pole. With this design, A STEP South is very stable and observes with low and constant airmass, both being important issues for photometric precision. We present the project, we show that enough stars are present in our field of view to allow the detection of one to a few transiting giant planets, and that the photometric precision of the instrument should be a few mmag for stars brighter than magnitude 12 and better than 10 mmag for stars of magnitude 14 or less. Text Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica South pole South pole Unknown Antarctic South Pole |
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Abstract. ASTEP South is the first phase of the ASTEP project that aims to determine the quality of Dome C as a site for future photometric searches for transiting exoplanets and discover extrasolar planets from the Concordia base in Antarctica. ASTEP South consists of a front-illuminated 4k x 4k CCD camera, a 10 cm refractor, and a simple mount in a thermalized enclosure. A double-glass window is used to reduce temperature variations and its accompanying turbulence on the optical path. The telescope is fixed and observes a 4 ◦ x 4 ◦ field of view centered on the celestial South pole. With this design, A STEP South is very stable and observes with low and constant airmass, both being important issues for photometric precision. We present the project, we show that enough stars are present in our field of view to allow the detection of one to a few transiting giant planets, and that the photometric precision of the instrument should be a few mmag for stars brighter than magnitude 12 and better than 10 mmag for stars of magnitude 14 or less. |
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N. Crouzet K. Agabi A. Blazit S. Bonhomme Y. Fanteï-caujolle F. Fressin T. Guillot F. -x. Schmider F. Valbousquet E. Bondoux Z. Challita L. Abe J. -b. Daban C. Gouvret The Astep Team |
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