MINERVA-Australis. I. Design, Commissioning, and First Photometric Results
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Article Title | MINERVA-Australis. I. Design, Commissioning, and First Photometric Results |
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ERA Journal ID | 1082 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Addison, Brett (Author), Wright, Duncan J. (Author), Wittenmyer, Robert A. (Author), Horner, Jonathan (Author), Mengel, Matthew W. (Author), Johns, Daniel (Author), Marti, Connor (Author), Nicholson, Belinda (Author), Okumura, Jack (Author), Bowler, Brendan (Author), Crossfield, Ian (Author), Kane, Stephen R. (Author), Kielkopf, John (Author), Plavchan, Peter (Author), Tinney, C.G. (Author), Zhang, Hui (Author), Clark, Jake T. (Author), Clerte, Mathieu (Author), Eastman, Jason D. (Author), Swift, Jon (Author), Bottom, Michael (Author), Muirhead, Philip (Author), McCrady, Nate (Author), Herzig, Erich (Author), Hogstrom, Kristina (Author), Wilson, Maurice (Author), Sliski, David (Author), Johnson, Samson A. (Author), Wright, Jason T. (Author), Johnson, John Asher (Author), Blake, Cullen (Author), Riddle, Reed (Author), Lin, Brian (Author), Cornachione, Matthew (Author), Bedding, Timothy R. (Author), Stello, Dennis (Author), Huber, Daniel (Author), Marsden, Stephen (Author) and Carter, Bradley D. (Author) |
Journal Title | Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific |
Journal Citation | 131 (1005), pp. 1-15 |
Article Number | 115003 |
Number of Pages | 15 |
Year | 2019 |
Publisher | IOP Publishing |
Place of Publication | United States |
ISSN | 0004-6280 |
1538-3873 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1088/1538-3873/ab03aa |
Web Address (URL) | https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1538-3873/ab03aa |
Abstract | The MINERVA-Australis telescope array is a facility dedicated to the follow-up, confirmation, characterization, and mass measurement of planets orbiting bright stars discovered by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)—a category in which it is almost unique in the Southern Hemisphere. It is located at the University of Southern Queensland’s Mount Kent Observatory near Toowoomba, Australia. Its flexible design enables multiple 0.7 m robotic telescopes to be used both in combination, and independently, for high-resolution spectroscopy and precision photometry of TESS transit planet candidates. MINERVA-Australis also enables complementary studies of exoplanet spin-orbit alignments via Doppler observations of the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect, radial velocity searches for nontransiting planets, planet searches using transit timing variations, and ephemeris refinement for TESS planets. In this first paper, we describe the design, photometric instrumentation, software, and science goals of MINERVA-Australis, and note key differences from its Northern Hemisphere counterpart, the MINERVA array. We use recent transit observations of four planets, WASP-2b, WASP-44b, WASP-45b, and HD 189733b, to demonstrate the photometric capabilities of MINERVA-Australis. |
Keywords | instrumentation: spectrographs – instrumentation: photometers – techniques: photometric – techniques:radial velocities – techniques: spectroscopic – planets and satellites: detection – (stars:) planetary systems |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 510109. Stellar astronomy and planetary systems |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | Centre for Astrophysics |
Kutztown University, United States | |
Williams College, United States | |
University of Texas at Austin, United States | |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States | |
University of California, United States | |
University of Louisville, United States | |
George Mason University, United States | |
University of New South Wales | |
Nanjing University, China | |
Center for Astrophysics Harvard and Smithsonian, United States | |
Thacher School, United States | |
California Institute of Technology (Caltech), United States | |
Boston University, United States | |
University of Montana, United States | |
University of Pennsylvania, United States | |
Ohio State University, United States | |
Pennsylvania State University, United States | |
Center for Astrophysics Harvard and Smithsonian, United States | |
United States Naval Academy, United States | |
University of Sydney | |
University of New South Wales | |
University of Hawaii, United States | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q571z/minerva-australis-i-design-commissioning-and-first-photometric-results
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