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We present a status report of our project to search for dark objects in the Galactic Halo via gravitational microlensing of stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The search uses a combination of Schmidt photographic plates and CCD images, and is sensitive to lensing by objects in the range 10-7M⊙ to 10-1M⊙. An automated analysis software has been successfully tested on CCD test images. Using these preliminary results, we calculate the number of microlensing events expected on plate and CCD programs.
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Moniez, M. (1992). A Search for Macroscopic Dark Matter in the Galactic Halo Through Microlensing. In: MacGillivray, H.T., Thomson, E.B. (eds) Digitised Optical Sky Surveys. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 174. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2472-0_33
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