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Planet Detection using the Advanced Camera for Surveys on the Hubble Space Telescope

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2017

William B. Sparks
Affiliation:
Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, U.S.A.
John Krist
Affiliation:
Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, U.S.A.
Mark Clampin
Affiliation:
Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, U.S.A.
Holland Ford
Affiliation:
Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, U.S.A.

Abstract

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The Advanced Camera for Surveys was installed on the Hubble Space Telescope in March 2002. The instrument science team will search for planets using direct imaging with the ACS coronagraph and with precise astrometric and photometric measurement of suitable stars and disks. The camera is operational and performing to expectation.

Type
Extrasolar Planets
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2004 

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