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The '''XO Telescope''' is an astronomical ] located on the 3,054 m (10,000 foot) summit of ] on ], ]. It consists of two 200-millimeter ], and resembles ] in shape. It is used by the ] to detect ] using the ]. It is similar to the ] survey telescope. The construction of the one-of-a-kind telescope cost $60,000 for the hardware, and much more than that for the associated software.<ref name="McCullough2005"/>


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==Planets discovered==
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The ''XO telescope'' has discovered six objects so far, five are ] planets and one, ], is probably a ]. All were discovered using the ].


''Light green rows indicate that the planet orbits one of the stars in a binary star system.''
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| ]<ref name="McCullough2006"/> || ] || {{RA|16|02|12}} || {{DEC|+28|10|11}} || 11.319 || 600 || G1V
| ] || 0.9 || 1.3 || 3.941534 || 0.0488 || 0 || 87.7 || 2006
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| ]<ref name="Burke2007"/> || ] || {{RA|07|48|07}} || {{DEC|+50|13|33}} || 11.25 || 486 || K0V
| ] || 0.57 || 0.973 || 2.615838 || 0.0369 || 0 || 88.58 || 2007
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| ]<ref name="Johns-Krull2008"/> || ] || {{RA|04|21|53}} || {{DEC|+57|49|01}} || 9.91 || 850 || F5V
| ] || 11.79 || 1.217 || 3.1915239 || 0.0454 || 0.26 || 84.2 || 2007
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| ]<ref name="McCullough2008"/> || ] || {{RA|07|21|33.1657}} || {{DEC|+58|16|05.005}} || 10.78 || 956 || F5V
| ] || 1.72 || 1.34 || 4.12502 || 0.0555 || 0.0024 || 88.7 || 2008
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| ]<ref name="Burke2008"/> || ] || {{RA|07|46|51.959}} || {{DEC|+39|05|40.47}} || 12.1 || 881 || G8V
| ] || 1.15 || 1.15 || 4.187732 || 0.0508 || 0.0029 || 86.8 || 2008
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| ]<ref name="Crouzet2017"/> || || || || || ||
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==See also==
* ]
A subset of XO light curves are available at the ].

==Other Ground Transit Surveys==
].<ref>{{cite web|title=New Exoplanet-hunting Telescopes on Paranal|url=http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1502/|website=www.eso.org|publisher=European Southern Observatory|access-date=14 January 2015}}</ref>]]
* ]
* ] or ''TrES''
* ] or ''HAT''
* ] or ''KELT''
* ] or ''WASP''

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=

<ref name="Burke2007">{{cite journal | title=XO-2b: Transiting Hot Jupiter in a Metal-rich Common Proper Motion Binary | last1=Burke | first1=Christopher J. | last2=McCullough | first2=P. R. | last3=Valenti | first3=Jeff A. | last4=Johns‐krull | first4=Christopher M. | last5=Janes | first5=Kenneth A. | last6=Heasley | first6=J. N. | last7=Summers | first7=F. J. | last8=Stys | first8=J. E. | last9=Bissinger | first9=R. | display-authors=1 | journal=The Astrophysical Journal | volume=671 | issue=2 | pages=2115–2128 | year=2007 | arxiv=0705.0003 | bibcode=2007ApJ...671.2115B | doi=10.1086/523087 }}</ref>

<ref name="Burke2008">{{cite journal | title=XO-5b: A Transiting Jupiter-sized Planet with a 4 day Period | last1=Burke | first1=Christopher J. | last2=McCullough | first2=P. R. | last3=Valenti | first3=Jeff A. | last4=Long | first4=Doug | last5=Johns‐Krull | first5=Christopher M. | last6=Machalek | first6=P. | last7=Janes | first7=Kenneth A. | last8=Taylor | first8=B. | last9=Fleenor | first9=Michael L. | display-authors=1 | journal=The Astrophysical Journal | volume=686 | issue=2 | pages=1331–1340 | year=2008 | arxiv=0805.2399 | bibcode=2008ApJ...686.1331B | doi=10.1086/591497 }}</ref>

<ref name="Crouzet2017">{{cite journal | title=Discovery of XO-6b: A Hot Jupiter Transiting a Fast Rotating F5 Star on an Oblique Orbit | last1=Crouzet | first1=N. | last2=McCullough | first2=P. R. | last3=Long | first3=D. | last4=Montanes Rodriguez | first4=P. | last5=Lecavelier Des Etangs | first5=A. | last6=Ribas | first6=I. | last7=Bourrier | first7=V. | last8=Hébrard | first8=G. | last9=Vilardell | first9=F. | last10=Deleuil | first10=M. | last11=Herrero | first11=E. | last12=Garcia-Melendo | first12=E. | last13=Akhenak | first13=L. | last14=Foote | first14=J. | last15=Gary | first15=B. | last16=Benni | first16=P. | last17=Guillot | first17=T. | last18=Conjat | first18=M. | last19=Mékarnia | first19=D. | last20=Garlitz | first20=J. | last21=Burke | first21=C. J. | last22=Courcol | first22=B. | last23=Demangeon | first23=O. | display-authors=1 | journal=The Astronomical Journal | volume=153 | issue=3 | at=94 | year=2017 | arxiv=1612.02776 | bibcode=2017AJ....153...94C | doi=10.3847/1538-3881/153/3/94 }}</ref>

<ref name="Johns-Krull2008">{{cite journal | title=XO-3b: A Massive Planet in an Eccentric Orbit Transiting an F5V Star | last1=Johns-Krull | first1=Christopher M. | last2=McCullough | first2=Peter R. | last3=Burke | first3=Christopher J. | last4=Valenti | first4=Jeff A. | last5=Janes | first5=K. A. | last6=Heasley | first6=J. N. | last7=Prato | first7=L. | last8=Bissinger | first8=R. | last9=Fleenor | first9=M. | display-authors=1 | journal=The Astrophysical Journal | date=2008 | volume=677 | issue=1 | pages=657–670 | arxiv=0712.4283 | bibcode=2008ApJ...677..657J | doi=10.1086/528950 }}</ref>

<ref name="McCullough2005">{{cite journal | title=The XO Project: Searching for Transiting Extrasolar Planet Candidates | last1=McCullough | first1=P. R. | last2=Stys | first2=J. E. | last3=Valenti | first3=J. A. | last4=Fleming | first4=S. W. | last5=Janes | first5=K. A. | last6=Heasley | first6=J. N. | display-authors=1 | journal=Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific | volume=117 | issue=834 | pages=783–795 | year=2005 | arxiv=astro-ph/0505560 | bibcode=2005PASP..117..783M | doi=10.1086/432024 }}</ref>

<ref name="McCullough2006">{{cite journal | title=A Transiting Planet of a Sun-like Star | last1=McCullough | first1=P. R. | last2=Stys | first2=J. E. | last3=Valenti | first3=Jeff A. | last4=Johns‐krull | first4=C. M. | last5=Janes | first5=K. A. | last6=Heasley | first6=J. N. | last7=Bye | first7=B. A. | last8=Dodd | first8=C. | last9=Fleming | first9=S. W. | display-authors=1 | journal=The Astrophysical Journal | volume=648 | issue=2 | pages=1228–1238 | year=2006 | arxiv=astro-ph/0605414 | bibcode=2006ApJ...648.1228M | doi=10.1086/505651 }}</ref>

<ref name="McCullough2008">{{cite arxiv | title=XO-4b: An Extrasolar Planet Transiting an F5V Star | last1=McCullough | first1=P. R. | last2=Burke | first2=Christopher J. | last3=Valenti | first3=Jeff A. | last4=Long | first4=Doug | last5=Johns-Krull | first5=Christopher M. | last6=Machalek | first6=P. | last7=Janes | first7=K. A. | last8=Taylor | first8=B. | last9=Gregorio | first9=J. | display-authors=1 | year=2008 | eprint=0805.2921 | class=astro-ph }}</ref>

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==External links==
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* (SpaceDaily) May 19, 2006

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