This Echo is READ ONLY !   NO Un-Authorized Messages Please!
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council
Swindon, U.K.

28 May 2003

WASP prepares to search for a thousand new planets

Part 2 of 2

Dr Ian Skillen
Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes
Apartado de correos 321
E-38700 Santa Cruz de la Palma
Tenerife, Spain
Telephone switchboard (sea-level office): +34 922 425400
Telephone switchboard (mountain-top): +34 922 405500
E-mail: wji{at}ing.iac.es

Notes for editors:

WASP's equipment consists of:

* The CCD -- e2v thinned 2048x2048 pixel detectors packaged into a
camera by Andor Technology of Belfast.
* Optics -- 200mm f1.8 Canon Lens's
* Robotic mounting and custom software from Optical Mechanical Inc
  (USA)
* Custom Enclosure by Gendall Rainford Products
* Telecommunication grade air-conditioning unit (HIWALL) from Liebert
   Hiross
* Weather station by Davis
* GPS time service by Garmin
* Lightening Conduction by Farrell Engineering (Dublin)
* Computing: 5 Dell rack mount servers for data acquisition, 5 high 
specification Dell machines for data reduction, 3com network switches
* Power supplies from Americam Power Conversion
* Various pieces of interface equipment produced in QUB electrical
  and mechanical workshops

Technical details can be found at
      http://www.superwasp.org/technical.html

The Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC) is the
UK's strategic science investment agency. It funds research,
education and public understanding in four areas of science --
particle physics, astronomy, cosmology and space science.

PPARC is government funded and provides research grants and
studentships to scientists in British universities, gives researchers
access to world-class facilities and funds the UK membership of
international bodies such as the European Laboratory for Particle
Physics (CERN), and the European Space Agency. It also contributes
money for the UK telescopes overseas on La Palma, Hawaii, Australia
and in Chile, the UK Astronomy Technology Centre at the Royal
Observatory, Edinburgh and the MERLIN/VLBI National Facility, which
includes the Lovell Telescope at sJodrell Bank observatory.

PPARC's Public Understanding of Science and Technology Awards Scheme
funds both small local projects and national initiatives aimed at
improving public understanding of its areas of science.

 - END OF FILE -
==========

@Message posted automagically by IMTHINGS POST 1.30
---