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Sections of this article appear to be referring to conditions long since past:

As of July 2013, the telescope is nearing the end of commissioning, and regular operations are anticipated in fall 2013, advancing to fully robotic operations by the end of 2013. It was effectively the case on January 1, 2014.

Kortoso (talk) 19:22, 27 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

"Lick Observatory's newest telescope, the APF, was fully commissioned on Mt. Hamilton in August 2013." ^[1]

"Lick Observatory's newest telescope, the Automated Planet Finder (APF), has been operating robotically night after night on Mt. Hamilton since January, searching nearby stars for Earth-sized planets."^[2]

Kortoso (talk) 17:27, 22 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

References

Discoveries[edit]

At least a few so far:

The Automated Planet Finder (APF), a robotic telescope located at Lick Observatory, has discovered three new planets around a near-by star (HD 7924). These planets, or Super-Earths, have a mass seven to eight times that of Earth; while most planets discovered outside of our solar system have been the size of Neptune or larger, the APF purposefully targets smaller planets around nearby stars in efforts to find habitable planets. The APF's unique automated function enables the telescope to take on graveyard shifts to provide assistance in the search of exo-planets; this unique design is slated to assist with a complete survey of nearby stars over the next few years.^[1]

Kortoso (talk) 17:32, 22 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ http://astro.berkeley.edu/news/news-item/2015-04-29/automated-planet-finder-discovers-three-new-planets.

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[1] ttps://www.ucolick.org/public/telescopes/apf.html

[2] ttp://news.ucsc.edu/2014/03/apf-telescope.html

[3] ttp://astro.berkeley.edu/news/news-item/2015-04-29/automated-planet-finder-discovers-three-new-planets.

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