Transits against Fainter Stars: The Power of Image Deconvolution (2009)
Sackett, Penny D., Gillon, Michaël, Bayliss, Daniel D. R., Weldrake, David T. F., Tingley, Brandon
Compared to bright star searches, surveys for transiting planets against fainter (V=12-18) stars have the advantage of much higher sky densities of dwarf star primaries, which afford easier detection...
Preliminary Results on HAT-P-4, TrES-3, XO-2, and GJ 436 from the NASA EPOXI Mission (2008)
Ballard, Sarah, Charbonneau, David, A'Hearn, Michael F., Deming, Drake, Holman, Matthew J., Christiansen, Jessie L., ...
EPOXI (EPOCh + DIXI) is a NASA Discovery Program Mission of Opportunity using the Deep Impact flyby spacecraft. The EPOCh (Extrasolar Planet Observation and Characterization) Science Investigation...
Christiansen, Jessie L., Charbonneau, David, A'Hearn, Michael F., Deming, Drake, Holman, Matthew J., Ballard, Sarah, ...
The NASA Discovery mission EPOXI, utilizing the Deep Impact flyby spacecraft, comprises two phases: EPOCh (Extrasolar Planet Observation and Characterization) and DIXI (Deep Impact eXtended...
SuperLupus: A Deep, Long Duration Transit Survey (2008)
Bayliss, Daniel D. R., Sackett, Penny D., Weldrake, David T. F.
SuperLupus is a deep transit survey monitoring a Galactic Plane field in the Southern hemisphere. The project is building on the successful Lupus Survey, and will double the number of images of the...
Lupus-TR-3b: A Low-Mass Transiting Hot Jupiter in the Galactic Plane? (2008)
Weldrake, David T F, Bayliss, Daniel D R, Sackett, Penny D, Tingley, Brandon W, Gillon, Michaël, Setiawan, Johny
We present a strong case for a transiting hot Jupiter planet identified during a single-field transit survey toward the Lupus Galactic plane. The object, Lupus-TR-3b, transits a V=17.4 K1 V host star...
A deep catalog of variable stars in a 0.66 deg2 Lupus Field (2008)
Weldrake, David T. F., Bayliss, Daniel D. R.
We have conducted a wide-field photometric survey in a single 52' Ã 52' field towards the Lupus Galactic Plane in an effort to detect transiting Hot Jupiter planets. The data set also led to the...
Lupus-TR-3b: a low-mass transiting hot Jupiter in the galactic plane? (2008)
Weldrake, David T. F., Bayliss, Daniel D. R., Sackett, Penny D., Tingley, Brandon W., Gillon, Michael, Setiawan, Johny
We present a strong case for a transiting hot Jupiter planet identified during a single-field transit survey toward the Lupus Galactic plane. The object, Lupus-TR-3b, transits a V=17.4 K1 V host star...
The frequency of large-radius hot and very hot Jupiters in ω Centauri (2008)
Weldrake, David T. F., Sackett, Penny D., Bridges, Terry J.
We present the results of a deep, wide-field search for transiting hot Jupiter (HJ) planets in the globular cluster omega Centauri. As a result of a 25 night observing run with the ANU 40 inch (1 m)...
A Deep Catalog of Variable Stars in a 0.66deg^2 Lupus Field (2007)
Weldrake, David T. F., Bayliss, Daniel D. R.
We have conducted a wide-field photometric survey in a single 52'x52' field towards the Lupus Galactic Plane in an effort to detect transiting Hot Jupiter planets. The planet Lupus-TR-3b was...
Lupus-TR-3b: A Low-Mass Transiting Hot Jupiter in the Galactic Plane? (2007)
Weldrake, David T. F., Bayliss, Daniel D. R., Sackett, Penny D., Tingley, Brandon W., Gillon, Michael, Setiawan, Johny
We present a strong case for a transiting Hot Jupiter planet identified during a single-field transit survey towards the Lupus Galactic plane. The object, Lupus-TR-3b, transits a V=17.4 K1V host star...
The Frequency of Large Radius Hot and Very Hot Jupiters in omega Centauri (2007)
Weldrake, David T F, Sackett, Penny D, Bridges, Terry J
We present the results of a deep, wide-field search for transiting `Hot Jupiter (HJ)' planets in the globular cluster omega Centauri. As a result of a 25-night observing run with the ANU 40-inch...
Searching for Planetary Transits in Star Clusters (2007)
Star clusters provide an excellent opportunity to study the role of environment on determining the frequencies of short period planets. They provide a large sample of stars which can be imaged...
A Deep Wide-Field Variable Star Catalog of ω Centauri (2007)
Weldrake, David T. F., Sackett, Penny D., Bridges, Terry J.
We present a variable star catalog of an extensive ground-based wide-field variability survey in the globular cluster omega Centauri. Using the Australian National University 40 inch (1 m) telescope...
Radial Velocity Follow-up of Planetary Transit Candidate MACHO.120.22303.5389 (2006)
Weldrake, David T. F, Setiawan, Johny, Weise, Patrick, Henning, Thomas
We present preliminary results on the radial velocity follow-up of a planetary transit candidate (P=2.43d, V=15.4) detected during the MACHO project. The photometry is consistent with a grazing...
Searching for Planetary Transits in Globular Clusters - 47 Tucanae and omega Centauri (2006)
Weldrake, David T. F, Sackett, Penny D, Bridges, Terry J
We have performed a large ground-based search for transiting Hot Jupiter planets in the outer regions of the globular clusters 47 Tucanae and omega Centauri. The aim was to help understand the role...
Searching for Planetary Transits in the Lupus Galactic Plane (2006)
Weldrake, David T. F, Bayliss, Daniel D. R., Sackett, Penny D, Bessell, Michael, Tingley, Brandon W.
A 52'X52' 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...
A Deep Wide-Field Variable Star Catalog of Omega Centauri (2006)
Weldrake, David T. F, Sackett, Penny D, Bridges, Terry J
We present a variable star catalog of an extensive ground-based wide-field variability survey in the globular cluster omega Centauri. Using the ANU 40-inch (1m) telescope at Siding Spring...
An Absence of Hot Jupiter Planets in 47 Tucanae: Results of a Wide-Field Transit Search (2004)
Weldrake, David T. F, Sackett, Penny D, Freeman, Kenneth C, Bridges, Terry J
We present the results of a comprehensive wide field search for transiting ``Hot Jupiter'' planets (1d
A Method for the Detection of Planetary Transits in Large Time-Series Datasets (2004)
Weldrake, David T. F, Sackett, Penny D
We present a fast, efficient and easy to apply computational method for the detection of planetary transits in large photometric datasets. The code has been specifically produced to analyse an...
A Comprehensive Catalogue of Variable Stars in the field of 47 Tucanae (2004)
Weldrake, David T F, Sackett, Penny D, Bridges, Terry J, Freeman, Kenneth C
We present the results of a comprehensive search for stellar variability in the globular cluster 47 Tucanae. Using the Mount Stromlo 40-inch (1m) telescope at Siding Spring Observatory and a combined...
Weldrake, David T. F, Sackett, Penny D, Bridges, Terry J
We present a short progress report of a comprehensive search for variability in the globular cluster 47 Tucanae. Using the MSSSO 40'' telescope and a combined V+R filter, we are searching for...