The La Silla QUEST Kuiper belt Survey
Megan Schwamb & David Rabinowitz used the La Silla QUEST Survey to search for Pluto-sized objects in the outer solar system.
The La Silla QUEST Kuiper belt Survey is searching for the largest and brightest planetesimals in the outer solar system in the Southern Hemisphere. Using the ESO 1.0-m Schmidt telescope, located at La Silla Observatory in Chile, equipped with Yale's 10 square degree QUEST camera, we have been searching for distant Pluto-sized bodies out to distances of ~150 AU in the Southern Skies down to a limiting magnitude of 21.5 in R band. To date the survey has covered ~10,000 square degrees south of the ecliptic. Using the SMARTS 1.3-m telescope, we have been further studying orbits and optical colors of our new discoveries...
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03.15.2013 Priyamvada Natarajan, Professor of Astronomy, has been elected to an Honorary Professorship for life at the University of Delhi Congratulations! MORE INFO |
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02.25.2013 Yale astrophysicist elected head of American Astronomical Society Astrophysicist C. Megan Urry, Chair of Yale’s Physics Department and Director of the Center for Astronomy & Astrophysics, has been elected the next president of the world’s premier national astronomical society. MORE INFO |
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02.20.2013 Astronomers find smallest known planet — smaller than Mercury A team of scientists including two Yale University astronomers has discovered the smallest planet yet detected. MORE INFO |
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The Leitner Family Observatory and Planetarium is open every Tuesday night for a planetarium show. Weather permitting there will also be public viewing of planets, nebulae, star clusters and whatever happens to be interesting in the sky. Seats are available on a first come first serve basis. No reservations necessary.
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