A Photometric Survey for Variables and Transits in the Field of Praesepe with KELT

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dc.creatorPepper, Joshua
dc.creatorStanek, K. Z.
dc.creatorPogge, Richard W.
dc.creatorLatham, David W.
dc.creatorDePoy, D. L.
dc.creatorSiverd, Robert
dc.creatorPoindexter, Shawn
dc.creatorSivakoff, Gregory R.
dc.date2007-09-17
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:37:15Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:37:15Z
dc.descriptionThe Kilodegree Extremely Little Telescope (KELT) project is a small aperture, wide-angle search for planetary transits of solar-type stars. In this paper, we present the results of a commissioning campaign with the KELT telescope to observe the open cluster Praesepe for 34 nights in early 2005. Lightcurves were obtained for 69,337 stars, out of which we identify 58 long period variables and 152 periodic variables. Sixteen of these are previously known as variable, yielding 194 newly discovered variable stars for which we provide properties and lightcurves. We also searched for planetary-like transits, finding four transit candidates. Follow-up observations indicate that two of the candidates are astrophysical false positives, with two candidates remaining as potential planetary transits.
dc.description45 pages, 16 figures. Submitted to AJ. PDF version with full resolution figures located at http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~pepper/kelt.pdf
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0709.2728
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0709.2728
dc.identifierAstron.J.135:907-921,2008
dc.identifierdoi:10.1088/0004-6256/135/3/907
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/199141
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleA Photometric Survey for Variables and Transits in the Field of Praesepe with KELT
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