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Dates	Inception: 1999 First announced discovery: 26 September 2006
Locations	Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma, Canary Islands (north) South African Astronomical Observatory, Sutherland, South Africa (south)
Extrasolar Planets Detected (to date)	192 confirmed
Target Field	Entire sky

WASP-1 is a binary star in the constellation of Andromeda. The low-density gas giant WASP-1 b, orbiting the primary star in the system, was one of the first planets announced by the WASP project on 26 September 2006. WASP-2 b, orbiting K-type WASP-2 in Delphinus, was reported as part of the same announcement. Imagery provided by Aladin sky atlas

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