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EP: Fachverband Extraterrestrische Physik

EP 9: Planets and Small Bodies I

EP 9.3: Talk

Wednesday, March 5, 2008, 09:30–09:45, KGI-Aula

Variability characterization of the COROT target fields with the BEST and BEST II telescope systems — •Petr Kabath and The BEST team — Institut für Planetenforschung, Rutherfordstr. 2, 12489 Berlin

DLR-PF operates two small-aperture telescopes (BEST and BEST II) as a ground-based support for the CoRoT space mission in order to perform a dedicated photometric variability characterization of the satellite target fields. Both systems have the ability to monitor thousands of stars within a wide magnitude range and with a precision of a few millimagnitudes, allowing the observation of variable stars in general and transiting Jupiter-sized extrasolar planets.

BEST consists of a 19.5 cm aperture telescope with a 3× 3 degrees field of view (FOV) equipped with a 2k CCD. The system is located at Observatoire de Haute Provence, France and it is operated in a remote mode from Berlin. BEST II consists of a 25 cm aperture telescope with a 1.7× 1.7 degrees FOV equipped with a 4k CCD. The system is located at Observatorio Cerro Armazonas, Chile and operates in an automatic mode.

We will report on the present status and latest scientific results of both experiments.