Abstract
We describe a small telescope system, the Berlin Exoplanet Search Telescope (BEST), dedicated to the search for planetary transits of Jupiter-sized planets on close-in orbits. This system consists of a commercial 20 cm telescope equipped with a 2048×2048 pixel CCD. Observations have been performed for almost 2 years, including a commissioning phase and regular observations. Planetary transit candidates have been found and followed further with radial velocity measurements. One example is discussed here: transit events detected around GSC 3566-1556 have been identified as being caused by a binary system consisting of a G0 V primary orbited by an M star. The radii of both stars have been determined.
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Rauer, H., Eislöffel, J., Erikson, A., Guenther, E., Hatzes, A. P., Michaelis, H., & Voss, H. (2004). The Berlin Exoplanet Search Telescope System. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 116(815), 38–45. https://doi.org/10.1086/381168
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