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VITAL STATISTICS OF A TRANSIT SEARCH PROGRAMME
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Programme:	PASS - Permanent All Sky Survey
URL:		http://www.iac.es/proyect/tep/tephome.html
Institution(s):	Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, St.Andrews
University
Leader(s):	Hans Deeg
Contact:	Hans Deeg (NOTE: Pls don't put my email onto
web-sites; this generates junk-mail)

Aperture:	2.5 cm
Focal Ratio:	F/2.0
Focal Length:	50 mm
Field of view:	30x30 deg (1 camera, full experiment is all-sky)

Number of CCDs:	several arrays of 15 cameras each (1 in prototype)
CCD type:	Apogee 10; others under study
pixel format:	2048 x 2048
pixel size:	50 arcsec

Site:		prototype: Observ. Teide, Tenerife, Canary Islands
Dates:		since 11/2004
Field(s):	strip between declination +45 and +75 deg
Clear nights:	about 30
Candidates:	data under analysis

Status and Plans:
	       PASS is currently operating with a prototype camera for
a feasability study. Future placement of several arrays
of about 15 cameras each at sites on both hemispheres is planned.

References or comments:
	PASS has a wide range of objectives beyond transit search.
        Deeg et al. 2004, PASP, 116, 985 (astro-ph/0408589)
        Deeg et al. 2004, Astronomische Nachrichten, 325, 643 (astro-ph/0409557)


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Updated:	2005.01.18