Optical transients in the WASP survey

This thesis describes a search for transient phenomena using data from the Wide Angle Search for Planets (WASP) observatories. With images taken of the same region of sky every 15 minutes and a field-of-view of 974 degrees squared, the WASP survey is ideal for identifying both short and long duratio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marshall, George
Published: University of Warwick 2010
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.537754