Steele, IA, Bates, SD, Gibson, N, Keenan, F, Meaburn, J, Mottram, CJ, Pollacco, D and Todd, I (2008) RISE: a fast-readout imager for exoplanet transit timing. In: Proceedings SPIE: Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy II , 7014. (Conference on Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy II, 23 June 2008 - 28 June 2008, Marseille, FRANCE).

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Abstract

By the precise timing of the low amplitude (0.005 - 0.02 magnitude) transits of exoplanets around their parent star it should be possible to infer the presence of other planetary bodies in the system down to Earth-like masses. We describe the design and construction of RISE, a fast-readout frame transfer camera for the Liverpool Telescope designed to carry out this experiment. The results of our commissioning tests are described as well as the data reduction procedure necessary. We present light curves of two objects, showing that the desired timing and photometric accuracy can be obtained providing that autoguiding is used to keep the target on the same detector pixel for the entire (typically 4 hour) observing run.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
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Uncontrolled Keywords:	Science & Technology; Technology; Physical Sciences; Engineering, Aerospace; Astronomy & Astrophysics; Optics; Physics, Applied; Engineering; Physics; robotic telescopes; exoplanets; timing; astronomical instrumentation; LIVERPOOL-TELESCOPE; GIANT PLANET
Subjects:	Q Science > QB Astronomy
Divisions:	Astrophysics Research Institute
Publisher:	SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING
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Date Deposited:	19 Apr 2016 13:18
Last Modified:	13 Apr 2022 15:14
DOI or ID number:	10.1117/12.787889
Editors:	McLean, IS and Casali, MM
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/3448

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