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M. Endl (McDonald Observatory, UT Austin), M. Kürster (European Southern Observatory ), S. Els (ITA Heidelberg, Germany), A.P. Hatzes (TLS Tautenburg, Germany), W.D. Cochran (McDonald Observatory, UT Austin), K. Dennerl, S. Döbereiner (MPE, Germany)
We present the results from 5 1/2 years of radial velocity (RV) monitoring of 38 late-type stars in the southern hemisphere with the ESO Coudé Echelle Spectrometer (CES) on La Silla. In this sample of stars we have discovered 1 extrasolar planet in an Earth-like orbit around the young and active G0V star iota Horologii (Kürster et al., 2000, A&A 353, L33). The RV results for the remaining CES survey stars were tested for variability, linear and non-linear trends and for significant periodic signals. Based on the long-term RV data we can now set limits for the existence of giant planets around these stars. We acknowledge support by NSF grant AST-9808980, NASA grant NAG5-9227 and the ESO science department.
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