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Astronomical Survey/Project Organization list
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metapsyche
for the Astronomy domain
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| SuperWASP |
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Organization | South African Astronomical Observatory |
SuperWASP (Wide Angle Search for Planets) is performing an ultra-wide angle search for transiting extrasolar planets with the aim of covering the entire sky down to ~15th magnitude.
SuperWASP consists of two robotic observatories; SuperWASP-North...
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| Astronomical Observatory | Roque de los Muchachos Observatory | ||||
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| Trans-Atlantic Exoplanet Survey | Organization |
The Trans-atlantic Exoplanet Survey or TrES, uses three 4-inch (10cm) telescopes located at Lowell Observatory, Mount Palomar, and the Canary Islands to locate exoplanet. The array uses 4-inch Schmidt telescope having CCD cameras and automated...
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| Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment | Organization |
The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment is a Polish astronomical project based at Warsaw University that is chiefly concerned with discovering dark matter using the microlensing technique. Since the project began in 1992, it has discovered...
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| Geneva Extrasolar Planet Search | Organization |
The Geneva Extrasolar Planet Search is a variety of observational programs run by M. Mayor, D. Naef, F. Pepe, D. Queloz, N.C. Santos, and S. Udry. The program is located at the site of Sauverny in Versoix, a small town in France near Geneva,...
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| High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher | Organization |
The High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS) is a high-precision echelle spectrograph installed in 2002 on ESO's 3.6m telescope at La Silla Observatory, with first light achieved February 2003. It is a second-generation radial-velocity...
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| Corot |
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COROT (COnvection ROtation and planetary Transits) is a space mission led by the French Space Agency (CNES) in conjunction with the European Space Agency (ESA) and other international partners. The mission has two objectives: to search for...
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