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| Paper: |
Searching for Planetary Transits in the Lupus Galactic Plane |
| Volume: |
366, Transiting Extrasolar Planets Workshop |
| Page: |
90 |
| Authors: |
Weldrake, D.T.F.; Bayliss, D.D.R.; Sackett, P.D.; Bessell, M.; Tingley, B. |
| Abstract: |
A 52′ × 52′ field in the Lupus Galactic plane was observed with the
ANU 1m telescope for 53 nights during 2005 and 2006 in a search for transiting
Hot Jupiter planets. A total of 2200 images were obtained. We have sampled
120,000 stars via differential photometry, of which ~26,000 have sufficient photometric
accuracy (≤ 2.5%) with which to perform a search for transiting planets.
Ongoing analysis has led to the identification of three candidates. We present
an overview of the project, including the results of radial velocity analysis performed
on the first candidate (Lupus-TR-1) with the 4m AAT telescope. The
third candidate, Lupus-TR-3 (P=3.914d, V~16.5), is a particularly strong case
for a giant planet of 1.0-1.2RJup orbiting a solar-like primary star with a near
central transit. Further observations are planned to determine its nature. |
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