Detection of extrasolar planets via a network of robotic imaging telescopes

Charles H. McGruder III; Mark E. Everett; Steve B. Howell; David P. Barnaby

doi:10.1117/12.411611

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29 December 2000 Detection of extrasolar planets via a network of robotic imaging telescopes

Charles H. McGruder III, Mark E. Everett, Steve B. Howell, David P. Barnaby

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Proceedings Volume 4137, Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology III; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.411611
Event: International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, 2000, San Diego, CA, United States

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A network of three longitudinally-spaced robotic imaging telescopes is described. So far planets have been found only around bright stars (m < 1O^m). Employment of the network and the photometric method for the detection of extrasolar planets will lead to the discovery of planets around stars of much fainter magnitudes (m < 19^m).

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Charles H. McGruder III, Mark E. Everett, Steve B. Howell, and David P. Barnaby "Detection of extrasolar planets via a network of robotic imaging telescopes", Proc. SPIE 4137, Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology III, (29 December 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.411611

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