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1 Feb 2012:
Ignas Snellen awarded NWO grant to build MASCARA
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1 Dec 2011: NOVA seed-funding for MASCARA project
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MASCARA: the Multi-site All-Sky CAmeRA
Finding the brightest transiting planets in the sky
MASCARA is a fully funded instrument concept consisting of
several stations across the globe, with each station containing a battery of
cameras to monitor the near-entire sky at each location.Once all stations
have been installed, MASCARA will be able to provide a nearly 24-hr coverage
of the complete sky, down to magnitude 8, at sub-minute cadence. Its main
purpose is to find the brightest transiting exoplanets, expected in the
V=4-8 magnitude range, but the concept of MASCARA will also allow for a
wealth of secondary science cases. MASCARA is expected to deliver the
brightest targets for future exo-planet characterization missions like ECHO.
Publication: Snellen et al. SPIE 8444 0I (2012)
