The WASP Project and SuperWASP Camera

Authors: Pollacco, D.; Skillen, I.; Cameron, A.; Christian, D.; Irwin, J.; Lister, T.; Street, R.; West, R.; Clarkson, W.; Evans, N.; Fitzsimmons, A.; Haswell, C.; Hellier, C.; Hodgkin, S.; Horne, K.; Jones, B.; Kane, S.; Keenan, F.; Norton, A.; Osborne, J.; Ryans, R.; Wheatley, P.

Source: Astrophysics and Space Science, Volume 304, Numbers 1-4, August 2006 , pp. 253-255(3)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

The WASP project and infrastructure supporting the SuperWASP Facility are described. As the instrument, reduction pipeline and archive system are now fully operative we expect the system to have a major impact in the discovery of bright exo-planet candidates as well in more general variable star projects.

Keywords: Binaries; Eclipsing: extrasolar planets; Transits

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10509-006-9124-x

Publication date: 2006-08-01