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VITAL STATISTICS OF A TRANSIT SEARCH PROGRAMME
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Programme:	STEPSS - Survey for Transiting Extrasolar Planets in
		Stellar Systems
Institution(s):	The Ohio State University
Leaders(s):	Christopher J. Burke, D. L. DePoy, Richard W. Pogge, 
		& B. Scott Gaudi
Contact:	cjburke@astronomy.ohio-state.edu,
		depoy@astronomy.ohio-state.edu, 
		pogge@astronomy.ohio-state.edu, gaudi@ias.edu
URL:		www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~cjburke/STEPSS/

Aperture:	2.4 m
Field of view:	25x25 arcmin
Instrument:	MDM 8K Mosaic Imager
Number of CCDs:	4x2 array
pixel format:	8192x8192
pixel size:	0.18 arcsec

Site:		MDM Kitt Peak
Dates:		2001 Oct.
Field(s):	NGC1245
Clear nights:	16
Candidates:	data under analysis

Status and Plans: 
		Our goal is to assess the frequency of close-in
                extrasolar planets around main-sequence stars in several 
                open clusters. By concentrating on main-sequence stars in 
                open clusters of known (and varied) age, metallicity, and 
                stellar density, we will be able to gain insight into how 
                these various properties affect planet formation, migration, 
                and survival.  We are analyzing the Oct. 2001, 19 night 
                observing run of NGC1245 and have an upcoming 30 night run 
                for NGC6705.  We plan on 20-30 night runs on several more 
                open clusters in the future.

References or comments:

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Updated:	2002.06.11