The role of small telescopes as a ground-based support for exoplanetary space missions

Warning

This publication doesn't include Institute of Computer Science. It includes Faculty of Science. Official publication website can be found on muni.cz.

Authors	KABÁTH Petr SKARKA Marek SABOTTA S. GUENTHER E.
Year of publication	2019
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Contributions of the Astronomical Observatory Skalnaté Pleso
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Science
Citation
Web	https://arxiv.org/pdf/1905.06126.pdf
Keywords	techniques: radial velocities; (stars:) planetary systems; techniques: spectroscopic
Description	Small telescopes equiped with modern instrumentation are gaining on importance, especially, in the era of exoplanetary space missions such as TESS, PLATO and ARIEL. A crucial part of every planet hunting mission is now a ground-based follow-up of detectd planetary candidates. Mid-sized telescopes with apertures of 2 to 4-m with an existing instrumentation become more and more valued due to increasing need for observing time. In this paper, a brief overview on the follow-up process for exoplanetary space missions will be given. Requirements for the ground-based follow-up instrumentation will be discussed. Some of existing 2-m class telescope facilities and their capability and potential for the follow-up process of exoplanetary candidates will be presented. A special focus will be put on existing 2-m class telescopes in central Europe.
Related projects:	Postdoc@MUNI