First Results from the Microlensing Planet Search at the Mt. Stromlo 74"

Session 83 - Gravitational Lensing.
Display session, Friday, January 09
Exhibit Hall,

[83.13] First Results from the Microlensing Planet Search at the Mt. Stromlo 74"

S. H. Rhie, D. P. Bennett, N. Butler (Notre Dame), A. C. Becker, A. Tomaney (Washington), A. Bourke, S. Thomson (Monash), B. Peterson (MSSSO), S. E. Turner (UCLA)

We present results from the pilot season of the Microlensing Planet Search at the Mt. Stromlo 74" telescope. Approximately 35 microlensing events were observed at 1-2 hour intervals, and examples of caustic crossing binary lensing events were observed. At least one of these binary events has a mass ratio which implies that the secondary has a mass much less than the hydrogen burning limit.

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