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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia | 2005

Science programs for a 2-m class telescope at Dome C, Antarctica: PILOT, the pathfinder for an international large optical telescope

Michael G. Burton; J. S. Lawrence; Michael C. B. Ashley; Jeremy Bailey; Chris Blake; Timothy R. Bedding; Joss Bland-Hawthorn; I. A. Bond; Karl Glazebrook; Marton G. Hidas; Geraint F. Lewis; S. N. Longmore; Sarah T. Maddison; Seppo Mattila; V. Minier; Stuart D. Ryder; Rob Sharp; C. H. Smith; John W. V. Storey; C. G. Tinney; Peter G. Tuthill; A. J. Walsh; Wilfred Walsh; Matthew T. Whiting; Tony Wong; David Woods; P. C. M. Yock

The cold, dry, and stable air above the summits of the Antarctic plateau provides the best ground-based observing conditions from optical to sub-millimetre wavelengths to be found on the Earth. Pathfinder for an International Large Optical Telescope (PILOT) is a proposed 2 m telescope, to be built at Dome C in Antarctica, able to exploit these conditions for conducting astronomy at optical and infrared wavelengths. While PILOT is intended as a pathfinder towards the construction of future grand-design facilities, it will also be able to undertake a range of fundamental science investigations in its own right. This paper provides the performance specifications for PILOT, including its instrumentation. It then describes the kinds of projects that it could best conduct. These range from planetary science to the search for other solar systems, from star formation within the Galaxy to the star formation history of the Universe, and from gravitational lensing caused by exo-planets to that produced by the cosmic web of dark matter. PILOT would be particularly powerful for wide-field imaging at infrared wavelengths, achieving near diffraction-limited performance with simple tip–tilt wavefront correction. PILOT would also be capable of near diffraction-limited performance in the optical wavebands, as well be able to open new wavebands for regular ground-based observation, in the mid-IR from 17 to 40 μm and in the sub-millimetre at 200 μm.


Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | 2007

A search for propylene oxide and glycine in Sagittarius B2 (LMH) and Orion

Maria Cunningham; Paul Jones; Peter D. Godfrey; Dinah M. Cragg; I. Bains; Michael G. Burton; Paulo G. Calisse; Neil H. M. Crighton; S. J. Curran; Tamara M. Davis; Jessica T. Dempsey; B. Fulton; Marton G. Hidas; T. Hill; Lucyna Kedziora-Chudczer; V. Minier; Michael B. Pracy; C. R. Purcell; John Shobbrook; Tony Travouillon

We have used the Mopra Telescope to search for glycine and the simple chiral molecule propylene oxide in the Sgr B2 (LMH) and Orion KL, in the 3-mm band. We have not detected either species, but have been able to put sensitive upper limits on the abundances of both molecules. The 3 sigma upper limits derived for glycine conformer I are 3.7 x 10(14) cm(-2) in both Orion-KL and Sgr B2 ( LMH), comparable to the reported detections of conformer I by Kuan et al. However, as our values are 3s upper limits rather than detections we conclude that this weighs against confirming the detection of Kuan et al. We find upper limits for the glycine II column density of 7.7 x 10(12) cm(-2) in both Orion-KL and Sgr B2 ( LMH), in agreement with the results of Combes et al. The results presented here show that glycine conformer II is not present in the extended gas at the levels detected by Kuan et al. for conformer I. Our ATCA results have ruled out the detection of glycine ( both conformers I and II) in the compact hot core of the LMH at the levels reported, so we conclude that it is unlikely that Kuan et al. have detected glycine in either Sgr B2 or Orion-KL. We find upper limits for propylene oxide abundance of 3.0 x 10(14) cm(-2) in Orion-KL and 6.7 x 10(14) cm(-2) in Sgr B2 (LMH). We have detected fourteen features in Sgr B2 and four features in Orion-KL which have not previously been reported in the interstellar medium, but have not been able to plausibly assign these transitions to any carrier.


Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | 2005

The University of New South Wales Extrasolar Planet Search: methods and first results from a field centred on NGC 6633

Marton G. Hidas; Michael C. B. Ashley; J. K. Webb; M. J. Irwin; A. Phillips; Hiroyuki Toyozumi; A. Derekas; Jessie L. Christiansen; C. Nutto; S. Crothers

We report on the current status of the University of New South Wales Extrasolar Planet Search project, giving details of the methods we use to obtain millimagnitude precision photometry using the 0.5-m Automated Patrol Telescope. We use a novel observing technique to optimally broaden the point spread function and thus largely eliminate photometric noise due to intrapixel sensitivity variations on the CCD. We have observed eight crowded Galactic fields using this technique during 2003 and 2004. Our analysis of the first of these fields (centred on the open cluster NGC 6633) has yielded 49 variable stars and four shallow transit candidates. Follow-up observations of these candidates have identified them as eclipsing binary systems. We use a detailed simulation of our observations to estimate our sensitivity to short-period planets, and to select a new observing strategy to maximize the number of planets detected. Ke yw ords: methods: data analysis ‐ methods: observational ‐ binaries: eclipsing ‐ planetary systems ‐ open clusters and associations: individual: NGC 6633.


Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia | 2000

Infrared and submillimetre observing conditions on the Antarctic Plateau

Marton G. Hidas; Michael G. Burton; Matthew A. Chamberlain; John W. V. Storey

The Antarctic Plateau provides the best terrestrial sites for infrared (IR) and submillimetre (sub-mm) astronomy. In this paper we examine the relative importance of temperature, aerosol content and precipitable water vapour to determine which parameters have the greatest influence on atmospheric transmission and sky brightness. We use the atmospheric modelling program MODTRAN to model the observed sky spectrum at the South Pole from the near-IR to the sub-mm. We find that temperature and aerosol content determine the quality of near-IR observing conditions, aerosol content is the determining factor in the mid-IR up to 20 µ m, while at longer wavelengths, including the sub-mm, it is the water vapour content that matters. Finding a location where aerosol levels are minimised is a key constraint in determining the optimum site on the Antarctic Plateau for an IR observatory.


Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | 2006

A new detached K7 dwarf eclipsing binary system

T. B. Young; Marton G. Hidas; J. K. Webb; Michael C. B. Ashley; Jessie L. Christiansen; A. Derekas; C. Nutto

We present an analysis of a new, detached, double-lined eclipsing binary system with K7 Ve components, discovered as part of the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Extrasolar Planet Search. The object is significant in that only six other binary systems are known with comparable or lower mass. Such systems offer important tests of mass‐radius theoretical models. Follow-up photometry and spectroscopy were obtained with the 40-inch and 2.3-m telescopes at Siding Spring Observatory (SSO), respectively. An estimate of the radial velocity amplitude from spectral absorption features, combined with the orbital inclination (83.5 ◦ )


Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union | 2005

Searching for Extrasolar Planets from UNSW

Jessie L. Christiansen; Michael C. B. Ashley; Marton G. Hidas; J. K. Webb; A. Phillips; M. J. Irwin; J. Irwin

The Automated Patrol Telescope, operated by the University of New South Wales, has been undertaking a search for extrasolar planets using the transit method. We present lightcurves from two recent promising candidates; spectroscopic follow-up using the ANU 2.3m telescope shows that the companions are probably low mass stars rather than planets, although more data will be needed to be certain. Additionally, we outline future improvements to our transit search: a hardware upgrade scheduled for 2006, and the addition of a robust trend-filtering algorithm to the data reduction software.


Archive | 2003

What Can Extrasolar Planets Tell Us About Our Solar System

Charles H. Lineweaver; Daniel Grether; Marton G. Hidas


arXiv: Astrophysics | 2002

How common are Earths? How common are Jupiters?

Charles H. Lineweaver; Daniel Grether; Marton G. Hidas


ASP Conf.Ser. | 2002

What can exoplanets tell us about our solar system

Charles H. Lineweaver; Marton G. Hidas; Daniel Grether


Archive | 2008

UNSW catalog of Variable Stars (Christiansen+, 2008)

Jessie L. Christiansen; A. Derekas; L. L. Kiss; Michael C. B. Ashley; S. J. Curran; Duane W. Hamacher; Marton G. Hidas; M. R. Thompson; J. K. Webb; T. B. Young

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Michael C. B. Ashley

University of New South Wales

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J. K. Webb

University of New South Wales

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Charles H. Lineweaver

Australian National University

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Jessie L. Christiansen

California Institute of Technology

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M. J. Irwin

University of Cambridge

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A. Phillips

University of New South Wales

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Daniel Grether

University of New South Wales

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Duane W. Hamacher

University of New South Wales

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Michael G. Burton

University of New South Wales

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T. B. Young

University of New South Wales

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