The Kilodegree Extremely Little Telescope: searching for transiting exoplanets in the Northern and Southern Sky
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Paper/Presentation Title | The Kilodegree Extremely Little Telescope: searching for |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Soutter, Jack (Author), Horner, Jonti (Author) and Pepper, Joshua (Author) |
Editors | Short, Wayne and Caprarelli, Graziella |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 15th Australian Space Research Conference (ASRC 2015) |
Number of Pages | 14 |
Year | 2016 |
Place of Publication | Sydney, Australia |
ISBN | 9780977574094 |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://www.nssa.com.au/15asrc/resources/15ASRC-proceedings.pdf.zip |
Conference/Event | 15th Australian Space Research Conference (ASRC 2015) |
Event Details | 15th Australian Space Research Conference (ASRC 2015) Parent Australian Space Science Conference (ASSC) Delivery In person Event Date 29 Sep 2015 to end of 01 Oct 2015 Event Location Canberra, Australia |
Abstract | The Kilodegree Extremely Little Telescope (KELT) survey is a ground-based program designed to search for transiting exoplanets orbiting relatively bright stars. To achieve this, the KELT Science Team operates two planet search facilities - KELT-North, at Winer Observatory, Arizona, and KELT-South, at the South African Astronomical Observatory. The telescopes used at these observatories have particularly wide fields of view, allowing KELT to study a large number of potential exoplanet host stars. One of the major advantages of targeting bright stars is that the exoplanet candidates detected can be easily followed up by small, ground-based observatories distributed around the world. This paper will provide a brief overview of the KELT-North and KELT-South surveys, the follow-up observations performed by the KELT Follow-up Collaboration, and the exoplanet discoveries confirmed thus far, before concluding with a brief discussion of the future for the KELT program. |
Keywords | KELT, exoplanet, transit, survey |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 510109. Stellar astronomy and planetary systems |
519999. Other physical sciences not elsewhere classified | |
Public Notes | Copyright © 2016 National Space Society of Australia Ltd. |
Byline Affiliations | Computational Engineering and Science Research Centre |
Lehigh University, United States | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q3v90/the-kilodegree-extremely-little-telescope-searching-for-transiting-exoplanets-in-the-northern-and-southern-sky
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