1996/10/16 by The PLANET Collaboration, M. Albrow, Michael D. Albrow +44 · 1 citation
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paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9610128
LaTex (using conf_iap.sty) 5 pages with 5 figures, the two large figures Fig. 3 and Fig. 5b are in .gif format. To appear in the Proceeedings of the 12th IAP Conference: Variable Stars and the Astrophysical Returns of Microlensing Surveys
arxiv created 1996/10/16 · openalex publication_date 1996/10/16 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The Probing Lensing Anomalies NETwork (PLANET) is a worldwide collaboration of astronomers using semi-dedicated European, South African, and Australian telescopes to perform continuous, rapid and precise multi-band CCD photometric monitoring of on-going Galactic microlensing events. As well as providing important additional information on the nature, distribution and kinematics of Galactic microlenses, PLANET photometry is optimized for the detection of Jovian-mass planets orbiting several AU from Galactic lenses. The final PLANET database is expected to contain hundreds of variable stars sampled at hourly time scales with 1-5% precision.