Observing exoplanets from Antarctica in two colours: set-up and operation of ASTEP+

• Published in: Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes IX
• Main Authors: Schmider, François-Xavier, Abe, Lyu, Agabi, Karim, Bendjoya, Philippe, Crouzet, Nicolas, Dransfield, Georgina, Guillot, Tristan, Lai, Olivier, Mekarnia, Djamel, Suarez, Olga, Triaud, Amaury, Stee, Philippe, Günther, Maximilian, Breeveld, Dennis, Blommaert, Sander
• Other Authors: Joseph Louis LAGRANGE (LAGRANGE), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), School of Physics and Astronomy Birmingham, University of Birmingham Birmingham, Laboratoire Gemini (LG), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, ESA - ESTEC (Netherlands)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2022
• Subjects: Exoplanets; transit; Antarctica; Concordia station; TESS; photometry; [PHYS.ASTR.IM]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM]; [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-OPTICS]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Optics [physics.optics]; Concordia Station; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-04104874; https://hal.science/hal-04104874/document; https://hal.science/hal-04104874/file/view%282%29.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628952

International audience On December 2021, a new camera box for two-colour simultaneous visible photometry was successfully installed on the ASTEP telescope at the Concordia station in Antarctica. The new focal box offers increased capabilities for the ASTEP+ project. The opto-mechanical design of the...