EXPLORE/OC

Open Cluster Survey

The Open Cluster Survey uses the SITe3 CCD (24 arcmin x 15 arcmin) on the Carnegie Henrietta Swope 1m Telescope at Las Campanas Observatory, Chile, to monitor open clusters for the existence of planetary transits with a time sampling of about 1 image per 7minutes.

Click on the links below to obtain details about the program. Since this page is still under construction, some of the links may not yet be active.


Program Description

General

Open Cluster Target Selection

Observing Techniques

Photometric Reduction Techniques

Transit Finding Techniques 

Observing Log/Schedule


Data Archive Access

General Information

NGC 2660 -- Feb 2003


Links to

NOAO Survey Program

CFHT Transit Search

EXPLORE Home Page

OC Planet-Transit Surveys