================================================================== VITAL STATISTICS OF A TRANSIT SEARCH PROGRAMME ================================================================== Programme: WASP0 - Wide Angle Search for Planets - version 0. URL: http://star-www.st-and.ac.uk/~srk1/wasp0/ Institution(s): St.Andrews University, Queens University Belfast Leader(s): Keith Horne, Stephen Kane, Don Pollacco Contact: Stephen Kane Aperture: 6.4 cm Focal Ratio: F/2.8 Focal Length: 180 mm Field of view: 9x9 degrees Number of CCDs: 1 CCD type: Apogee 10 pixel format: 2048 x 2048 pixel size: 16 arcsec Site: La Palma, Canary Islands Dates: 2000 Jun-Aug Field(s): Pegasus, Draco Clear nights: ~60 Candidates: see publications (below) Site: Kryoneri, Greece Dates: 2002 Jan-Mar Field(s): Hyades, Draco Clear nights: ~35 Candidates: data under analysis Status and Plans: WASP0 continues to be used on Tenerife, Canary Islands and in Kryoneri, Greece. WASP0 is a prototype camera which has been superseded by SuperWASP-I, now operating on La Palma, Canary Islands. References or comments: * Kane et al., "Results from the Wide Angle Search for Planets Prototype (WASP0) I: Analysis of the Pegasus Field", 2004, MNRAS, 353, 689 * Kane et al., "Results from the Wide Angle Search for Planets Prototype (WASP0) II: Stellar Variability in the Pegasus Field", 2004, MNRAS, submitted * Kane et al., "Results from the Wide Angle Search for Planets Prototype (WASP0) III: Planet Hunting in the Draco Field", 2004, MNRAS, submitted =================================================================== Updated: 2005.02.03