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    Minerva-Australis. I. design, commissioning, and first photometric results

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    2019-11-01
    Publisher Version
    10.1088/1538-3873/ab03aa
    Author(s)
    Addison, Brett
    Wright, Duncan J.
    Wittenmyer, Robert A.
    Horner, Jonathan
    Mengel, Matthew W.
    Johns, Daniel
    Marti, Connor
    Nicholson, Belinda
    Soutter, Jack
    Bowler, Brendan
    Crossfield, Ian
    Kane, Stephen R.
    Kielkopf, John
    Plavchan, Peter
    Tinney, C.G.
    Zhang, Hui
    Clark, Jake T.
    Clerte, Mathieu
    Eastman, Jason D.
    Swift, Jon
    Bottom, Michael
    Muirhead, Philip
    McCrady, Nate
    Herzig, Erich
    Hogstrom, Kristina
    Wilson, Maurice
    Sliski, David
    Johnson, Samson A.
    Wright, Jason T.
    Johnson, John Asher
    Blake, Cullen
    Riddle, Reed
    Lin, Brian
    Cornachione, Matthew
    Bedding, Timothy R.
    Stello, Dennis
    Huber, Daniel
    Marsden, Stephen
    Carter, Bradley D.
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    Brett Addison, Duncan J. Wright, Robert A. Wittenmyer, Jonathan Horner, Matthew W. Mengel, Daniel Johns, Connor Marti, Belinda Nicholson, Jack Soutter, Brendan Bowler, Ian Crossfield, Stephen R. Kane, John Kielkopf, Peter Plavchan, C.G. Tinney, Hui Zhang, Jake T. Clark, Mathieu Clerte, Jason D. Eastman, Jon Swift, Michael Bottom, Philip Muirhead, Nate McCrady, Erich Herzig, Kristina Hogstrom, Maurice Wilson, David Sliski, Samson A. Johnson, Jason T. Wright, John Asher Johnson, Cullen Blake, Reed Riddle, Brian Lin, Matthew Cornachione, Timothy R. Bedding, Dennis Stello, Daniel Huber, Stephen Marsden, Bradley D. Carter. 2019. "Minerva-Australis. I. Design, Commissioning, and First Photometric Results." Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Volume 131, Issue 1005, pp. 115003 - 115003. https://doi.org/10.1088/1538-3873/ab03aa
    Abstract
    The Minerva-Australis telescope array is a facility dedicated to the follow-up, confirmation, characterization, and mass measurement of planets orbiting bright stars discovered by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)—a category in which it is almost unique in the Southern Hemisphere. It is located at the University of Southern Queensland's Mount Kent Observatory near Toowoomba, Australia. Its flexible design enables multiple 0.7 m robotic telescopes to be used both in combination, and independently, for high-resolution spectroscopy and precision photometry of TESS transit planet candidates. Minerva-Australis also enables complementary studies of exoplanet spin–orbit alignments via Doppler observations of the Rossiter–McLaughlin effect, radial velocity searches for nontransiting planets, planet searches using transit timing variations, and ephemeris refinement for TESS planets. In this first paper, we describe the design, photometric instrumentation, software, and science goals of Minerva-Australis, and note key differences from its Northern Hemisphere counterpart, the Minerva array. We use recent transit observations of four planets, WASP-2b, WASP-44b, WASP-45b, and HD 189733b, to demonstrate the photometric capabilities of Minerva-Australis.
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