Sagittarius Window Eclipsing Extrasolar Planet Search

Sagittarius Window Eclipsing Extrasolar Planet Search
Detail image with exoplanet locations indicated with green circles.
Alternative namesSWEEPS
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The Sagittarius Window Eclipsing Extrasolar Planet Search, or SWEEPS, was a 2006 astronomical survey project using the Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys - Wide Field Channel to monitor 180,000 stars for seven days to detect extrasolar planets via the transit method.[1]

  1. ^ "SIMBAD Details on Acronym: SWEEPS". SIMBAD. Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2009-05-21.