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The Next-Generation Transit Survey
The Next-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS), located at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in northern Chile, saw first light in 2015. The project is designed to search for transiting exoplanets — planets that pass in front of their parent star and hence produce a slight dimming of the star’s light that can be detected by sensitive instruments. The telescopes will focus on discovering Neptune-sized and smaller planets, with diameters between two and eight times that of Earth.
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Kredit:F. Char/ESO
O snímku
| Id: | ngts-02-12k-realigned-cc |
| Typ: | Fotografický |
| Datum zveřejnění: | 26. ledna 2017 17:08 |
| Velikost: | 12000 x 6000 px |
| Field of View: | 360° x 180° |
O objektu
| Jméno: | Next-Generation Transit Survey, Paranal |
| Typ: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
| Kategorie: | 360 Panorama Paranal |
