PIRATE The Winnower. Jakub Bochinski Open University

PIRATE The Winnower Jakub Bochinski Open University with Richard Busuttil, Carole Haswell, Stefan Holmes, Ulrich Kolb and the rest of the PIRATE team

SuperWASP Wide Angle Search for Exoplanets 250 230 200 150 100 50 65 61 38 0 All SWASP Kepler HAT-Net Source: exoplanets.eu Image courtesy: www.visibleearth.nasa.gov

SuperWASP Wide Angle Search for Exoplanets Observatories on both hemispheres provide full sky coverage 250 200 230 150 100 50 65 61 38 0 All SWASP Kepler HAT-Net Source: exoplanets.eu Image courtesy: www.visibleearth.nasa.gov

SuperWASP Wide Angle Search for Exoplanets Observatories on both hemispheres provide full sky coverage Each telescope consists of eight 200mm Canon lenses mounted on an equatorial mount and equipped with a 2k x 2k CCD 250 200 150 230 100 50 65 61 38 0 All SWASP Kepler HAT-Net Source: exoplanets.eu Source: http://www.superwasp.org/

SuperWASP Wide Angle Search for Exoplanets Observatories on both hemispheres provide full sky coverage 250 230 Each telescope consists of eight 200mm Canon lenses mounted on an equatorial mount and equipped with a 2k x 2k CCD 200 150 Most successful search for transiting exoplanets: 65 exoplanets found so far (out of 230 transiting all together) 100 50 65 61 38 0 All SWASP Kepler HAT-Net Source: exoplanets.eu

Typical SuperWASP data

Typical SuperWASP data SWASP image

Typical SuperWASP data SWASP image SWASP lightcurve

Mimics Blended eclipsing binaries Images: Carole Haswell Animations: Jakub Bochinski

Mimics Blended eclipsing binaries Solution: resolve blend Images: Carole Haswell Animations: Jakub Bochinski

Mimics Grazing eclipsing binaries Images: Carole Haswell Animations: Jakub Bochinski

Mimics Grazing eclipsing binaries Solution: higher S/N of data Images: Carole Haswell Animations: Jakub Bochinski

Mimics Transits by planet-sized stars Images: Carole Haswell Animations: Jakub Bochinski

Mimics Transits by planet-sized stars Solution: identify star as a giant Images: Carole Haswell Animations: Jakub Bochinski

Overwhelming Numbers

Overwhelming Numbers 40,000 exoplanetary candidates

Overwhelming Numbers 40,000 exoplanetary candidates 2,500 high priority targets

Overwhelming Numbers 40,000 exoplanetary candidates 2,500 high priority targets over 2,000 of these are mimics

Overwhelming Numbers 40,000 exoplanetary candidates 2,500 high priority targets over 2,000 of these are mimics what translates to ~8,000 hours of wasted telescope time

Overwhelming Numbers 40,000 exoplanetary candidates 2,500 high priority targets over 2,000 of these are mimics what translates to ~8,000 hours of wasted telescope time A very efficient winnowing campaign is needed!

PIRATE Physics Innovations Robotic Astronomical Telescope Explorer

PIRATE Physics Innovations Robotic Astronomical Telescope Explorer 17 f/6.8 Corrected Dall-Kirkham telescope mounted on Paramount ME mount 4k x 4k SBIG camera STX-16803 with 42 arc min field of view

PIRATE Physics Innovations Robotic Astronomical Telescope Explorer 17 f/6.8 Corrected Dall-Kirkham telescope mounted on Paramount ME mount 4k x 4k SBIG camera STX-16803 with 42 arc min field of view Resides in OAM on Mallorca Good weather (over 2,000 clear observing hours per year) Night-time weather at OAM V. Cloudy Rain 3% 4% Clear 49% Cloudy 43% Source: Jakub Bochinski

PIRATE Physics Innovations Robotic Astronomical Telescope Explorer 17 f/6.8 Corrected Dall-Kirkham telescope mounted on Paramount ME mount 4k x 4k SBIG camera STX-16803 with 42 arc min field of view Resides in OAM on Mallorca Good weather (over 2,000 clear observing hours per year) Whole set-up can be remotely controlled from personal computers and/or mobile phones All available observing time is utilised Night-time weather at OAM V. Cloudy Rain 3% 4% Clear 49% Cloudy 43% Source: Jakub Bochinski

SWASP vs PIRATE SWASP image SWASP lightcurve

SWASP vs PIRATE PIRATE image PIRATE lightcurve