Transiting planet candidates with ASTEP 400 at Dome C, Antarctica

• Published in: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
• Main Authors: Mekarnia, D., Guillot, T., Rivet, J. -P., Schmider, F. -X., Abe, L., Goncalves, I., Agabi, A., Crouzet, N., Fruth, T., Barbieri, M., Bayliss, D. D. R., Zhou, G., Aristidi, E., Szulagyi, J., Daban, J. -B., Fantei-Caujolle, Y., Gouvret, C., Erikson, A., Rauer, H., Bouchy, F., Gerakis, J., Bouchez, G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Oxford University Press 2016
• Subjects: instrumentation: photometers; methods: data analysis; methods: observational; planetary systems; Concordia Station; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q6x53/transiting-planet-candidates-with-astep-400-at-dome-c-antarctica; https://research.usq.edu.au/download/c97aa17c17b265986d2f522d5415079d9010cfef72ac1f21c776536e3975a6fa/3467081/stw1934.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw1934

ASTEP 400, the main instrument of the ASTEP (Antarctica Search for Transiting ExoPlanets) programme, is a 40 cm telescope, designed to withstand the harsh conditions in Antarctica, achieving a photometric accuracy of a fraction of millimagnitude on hourly time-scales for planet-hosting southern brig...