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The Microlensing Follow-Up Network (MicroFUN) is an informal group of observers who monitor high magnification gravitational microlensing
Gravitational microlensing
Gravitational microlensing is an astronomical phenomenon due to the gravitational lens effect. It can be used to detect objects ranging from the mass of a planet to the mass of a star, regardless of the light they emit. Typically, astronomers can only detect bright objects that emit lots of light ...

 events in the Milky Way's Galactic Bulge. Its goal is to detect extrasolar planets via microlensing of the parent star by the planet. MicroFUN is a follow-up network - they monitor microlensing events identified by survey groups such as OGLE
Ogle
Ogle may refer to:*ogle, to stareas, or from, a surname* The Ogle family of Northumberland, England** Benjamin Ogle, Governor of Maryland from 1798 to 1801** Sir Chaloner Ogle, 1st Baronet , British Admiral...

 and Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics
Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics
Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics is a collaborative project between researchers in New Zealand and Japan, led by Professor Yasushi Muraki of Nagoya University. They use microlensing to observe dark matter, extra-solar planets, and stellar atmospheres from the Southern Hemisphere...

 (MOA).

In January 2009, MicroFUN merged with the Probing Lensing Anomalies NETwork
Probing Lensing Anomalies Network
The Probing Lensing Anomalies NETwork collaboration coordinates a network of telescopes to rapidly sample photometric measurements of the magnification of stars in the galactic bulge undergoing gravitational microlensing by intervening foreground stars...

 (PLANET).

See also

  • Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics
    Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics
    Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics is a collaborative project between researchers in New Zealand and Japan, led by Professor Yasushi Muraki of Nagoya University. They use microlensing to observe dark matter, extra-solar planets, and stellar atmospheres from the Southern Hemisphere...

     (MOA)
  • Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment
    Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment
    The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment or OGLE is a Polish astronomical project based at the University of Warsaw that is chiefly concerned with discovering dark matter using the microlensing technique. Since the project began in 1992, it has discovered several extrasolar planets as a side...

    (OGLE)
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