Follow-up of Transiting Planet Candidates

Planets that transit their host stars are extremely interesting, as it is possible to study their physical properties, such as their density and atmospheric composition. As part of a search for such planets, we are following-up candidates in order to eliminate those that mimic transits, but are in fact caused by other astrophysical scenarios such as eclipsing binaries stars.
Type
Collection
Title
Follow-up of Transiting Planet Candidates
Collection Type
Dataset
Access Privileges
Optical Astronomy
Brief Description
Unreduced FITS files obtained on the ANU 2.3-m/Wide Field Spectrograph (WiFeS)
Full Description
Planets that transit their host stars are extremely interesting, as it is possible to study their physical properties, such as their density and atmospheric composition. As part of a search for such planets, we are following-up candidates in order to eliminate those that mimic transits, but are in fact caused by other astrophysical scenarios such as eclipsing binaries stars.
Contact Email
daniel@mso.anu.edu.au
Principal Investigator
Bayliss, D. (RSAA)
Fields of Research
0201 - Astronomical and Space Sciences
Date Coverage
2013-03-25 12:00:00
2013-03-22 12:00:00
Date of data creation
2013-03-25
Year of data publication
2013
Creator(s) for Citation
Bayliss
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Publisher for Citation
The Australian National University Data Commons
Related Websites
WiFeS information for observers
http://rsaa.anu.edu.au/observers/observing-rsaa/wifes-information-observers
Other Related Identifiers
RSAA Proposal ID 1130149; Astronomy Collection Identifier
Rights held in and over the data
All data obtained on ANU telescopes is publicly available after 12 months. Please contact the PI to negotiate access before that time
Status: Published
Published to:
  • Australian National University
  • Australian National Data Service
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