Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE210101639

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE210101639

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Active

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Funded Activity Summary

Getting to Know the Neighbours: Naked-Eye Stars and Their Planets. We now know that nearly all stars host planets, and exoplanet science is now turning to bright individual systems. This Project aims to study the nearest, brightest stars by extending the capabilities of NASA's TESS telescope and Mount Kent Observatory. This is significant as the best chance we have to detect planets around stars bright enough to measure the planetary and stellar properties precisely. The expected outcomes of this project will be the discovery of planets transiting nearby naked-eye stars, and crucial measurements of the masses of these stars and planets. The benefits of this will be a key sample of new, well-understood benchmark systems, and new open-source algorithms for data analysis in astronomy and more broadly.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-07-2021

End Date: 30-06-2024

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $444,075.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Stellar Astronomy and Planetary Systems | Astronomical and Space Sciences

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences |

Other Keywords

Astronomical and Space Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | Stellar Astronomy and Planetary Systems

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