MicroFUN Farm Cove 

        Pakuranga, Auckland, New Zealand

     Long: E 174º 53' 39"  Lat: S 36º 53' 43" 

                    IAU Obs Code E85

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MicroFUN

Farm Cove

Farm Cove Observatory joined the MicroFUN team in 2004 and is known within the  collaboration as MicroFUN Farm Cove. MicroFUN and Andy Gould have been generous supporters of the observatory by supplying the new  telescope and focuser currently used at FCO.
Just recently the
Chungbuk National University in Korea kindly supplied a new observatory dome for FCO.

 

 MicroFUN Links

Data Arhive 2014
Data Arhive 2013
Data Arhive 2012
Data Archive 2011
World MicroFUN Teams
Interested in Joining?
NZ Microfun team

 

FCO 2014Targets

OGLE 2014 062
OGLE 2014 257
OGLE 2014 626
OGLE 2014 124
OGLE 2014 1370
OGLE 2014 727
MOA 2014 469
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

  Microlensing Follow Up Network (MicroFUN)

 

  MicroFUN 

 New Zealand

North Island Teams

Farm Cove Observatory

Jennie McCormick

East Auckland

 

Auckland Observatory

Dr Grant Christie, Tim Natusch & Hayden Ngan.

Central Auckland

 

Mt Molehill Observatory

Mark Bos

North Auckland

 

Kumeu Observatory

Dave Moorhouse

Kumeu, West Auckland

 

Possum Observatory

John Drummond

Gisborne

Turitea Observatory
Ian Porritt
Palmerston North

 

South Island Team

Vintage Lane Observatory

Bill Allen

Blenheim

 


 

MicroFUN is an informal consortium of observers from 5 continents, both professional and amateur, dedicated to photometric monitoring of interesting microlensing events in the Galactic Bulge.

The MicroFUN observing season runs from May through September each year when the Galactic Bulge is visible in the night sky. Because the Bulge is at RA=18h Dec=–30°, most of the sites are in the Southern Hemisphere, or at relatively low northern latitudes (at or just below 30° North latitude).

 In New Zealand, the Galactic Bulge runs high overhead during the winter months.

 

The collaboration is led from The Ohio State University Astronomy Department and is headed by Professor Andrew Gould.  The primary scientific objective of this group is to observe high-magnification microlensing events that give the best potential for detecting extra-solar planets orbiting distant stars.

  Pictures of Interest
A Terrestrial Planet in a ~ 1AU Orbit Around one Member of  a ~ 15AU Binary
Artist impression of
OGLE-2013-BLG-0341LBb by Professor Cheongho Han at Chungbuk National University Korea.
Artist Impression OGLE-2005-BLG-071 Courtesy MicroFUN Artist Impression OGLE-2006-BLG-109 Courtesy John McCormick
  Published Planet Discoveries
OGLE-BLG-2013-341

2x Earth Mass Planet in Binary Star System

OGLE-BLG-2005-071

3x Jupiter Mass Planet

OGLE-BLG-2005-169

Neptune Mass Planet

NZ Herald -  May 26, 2005

OGLE-BLG-2006-109

Jupiter and Saturn Analogue

Editorial Cartoon of the NZ Parliament building following the press release announcing the discovery of

OGLE-BLG-2005-071

 


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