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KELT: A Wide-Field Survey of Bright Stars for Transiting Planets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2008

Robert J. Siverd ,
Joshua Pepper ,
Kris Stanek ,
Richard W. Pogge ,
B. Scott Gaudi  and
Darren L. DePoy
Robert J. Siverd
Affiliation:
The Ohio State University140 W 18th Ave.Columbus OH, 43210 email: siverd@astronomy.ohio-state.edu, kstanek@astronomy.ohio-state.edu, pogge@astronomy.ohio-state.edu, gaudi@astronomy.ohio-state.edu, depoy@astronomy.ohio-state.edu
Joshua Pepper
Affiliation:
Vanderbilt University6301 Stevenson Center Nashville, TN 37235 email: joshua.pepper@vanderbilt.edu
Kris Stanek
Affiliation:
The Ohio State University140 W 18th Ave.Columbus OH, 43210 email: siverd@astronomy.ohio-state.edu, kstanek@astronomy.ohio-state.edu, pogge@astronomy.ohio-state.edu, gaudi@astronomy.ohio-state.edu, depoy@astronomy.ohio-state.edu
Richard W. Pogge
Affiliation:
The Ohio State University140 W 18th Ave.Columbus OH, 43210 email: siverd@astronomy.ohio-state.edu, kstanek@astronomy.ohio-state.edu, pogge@astronomy.ohio-state.edu, gaudi@astronomy.ohio-state.edu, depoy@astronomy.ohio-state.edu
B. Scott Gaudi
Affiliation:
The Ohio State University140 W 18th Ave.Columbus OH, 43210 email: siverd@astronomy.ohio-state.edu, kstanek@astronomy.ohio-state.edu, pogge@astronomy.ohio-state.edu, gaudi@astronomy.ohio-state.edu, depoy@astronomy.ohio-state.edu
Darren L. DePoy
Affiliation:
The Ohio State University140 W 18th Ave.Columbus OH, 43210 email: siverd@astronomy.ohio-state.edu, kstanek@astronomy.ohio-state.edu, pogge@astronomy.ohio-state.edu, gaudi@astronomy.ohio-state.edu, depoy@astronomy.ohio-state.edu
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Abstract

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The Kilodegree Extremely Little Telescope (KELT) is a wide-field (26° × 26°) robotic survey telescope currently operating in Sonoita, Arizona. Assembled from commercial and off-the-shelf devices, KELT currently surveys ~40% of the Northern sky with sufficient precision to detect transiting planets around bright (8 < V < 12) stars. In the past several years of operation, over 30,000 science images have been acquired. Planet candidate selection and follow-up are currently underway. A brief overview of past and present survey operations, the data reduction pipeline, and initial results follows below.

Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 4 , Symposium S253: Transiting Planets , May 2008 , pp. 350 - 353
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2009

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