Soutter, Jack and Horner, Jonti and Pepper, Joshua and KELT Science Team, (2016) The Kilodegree Extremely Little Telescope: searching for transiting exoplanets in the Northern and Southern Sky. In: 15th Australian Space Research Conference (ASRC 2015), 29 Sept - 1 Oct 2015, Canberra, Australia.
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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.
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| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Commonwealth Reporting Category E) (Paper) |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Additional Information: | Copyright © 2016 National Space Society of Australia Ltd. No evidence of copyright restrictions preventing deposit of Accepted version. |
| Faculty / Department / School: | Current - Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - School of Agricultural, Computational and Environmental Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Mar 2017 05:47 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Aug 2017 00:19 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | KELT, exoplanet, transit, survey |
| Fields of Research : | 02 Physical Sciences > 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences > 020110 Stellar Astronomy and Planetary Systems 02 Physical Sciences > 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences > 020102 Astronomical and Space Instrumentation |
| URI: | http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/30226 |
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