ESO's 3.6-metre telescope, home of planet hunters
The 3.6-metre telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile is home to one of the most successful planet-hunting instruments in the world, the High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS). In mid-2022, a new instrument installed on the same telescope saw first light: the Near InfraRed Planet Searcher (NIRPS). NIRPS joins HARPS in the search for planets, with a focus on rocky worlds orbiting red dwarf stars.
Credit:Zdeněk Bardon (bardon.cz)/ESO
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Id: | ann22009e |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 27 June 2022, 15:00 |
Related announcements: | ann22009 |
Size: | 4000 x 2250 px |
About the Object
Name: | ESO 3.6-metre telescope |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory |
Category: | La Silla |
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