New planetary transit candidates in Carina

P. Pietrukowicz; D. Minniti

doi:10.1051/eas/1042019

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Volume 42 (2010)

EAS Publications Series, 42 (2010) 175-177

Abstract

Issue		EAS Publications Series Volume 42, 2010 Extrasolar Planets in Multi-Body Systems: Theory and Observations


Page(s)		175 - 177
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/eas/1042019
Published online		19 April 2010

Extrasolar Planets in Multi-Body Systems: Theory and Observations
K. Goździewski, A. Niedzielski and J. Schneider (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 42 (2010) 175-177

New planetary transit candidates in Carina

P. Pietrukowicz¹^,2 and D. Minniti³

¹ Departamento de Astronomía y Astrofísica, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Av. Vicuña MacKenna 4860, Casilla 306, Santiago 22, Chile
² Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Bartycka 18, 00-716 Warszawa, Poland
³ The same institution as above

Corresponding authors: pietruk@astro.puc.cl ; pietruk@camk.edu.pl ; dante@astro.puc.cl

Abstract

We have searched for planetary transits in Carina where the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE) found many transits. The data that we analyzed were taken with the ESO VLT/VIMOS instrument for 4 continuous nights in 2005. We have detected several new transiting events. We recommend some of them for spectroscopic follow-up. For seven OGLE transits we present light curves. Our search also led us to discover hundreds of new variable stars.