Extra ExTrA
ExTrA is a planet-hunter focused on finding Earth-sized planets orbiting nearby M dwarfs. The small size of these stars makes it easier to discover them using the transit method, because a planet covers a great proportion of the star's face than it would the face of a larger star. It's three .6m telescopes search the sky in infrared wavelengths of light—longer than our eyes can see, but where M dwarfs shine brightest.
Credit:About the Image
Id: | _AGP8041-CC |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 24 June 2019, 17:38 |
Size: | 6016 x 4016 px |
About the Object
Name: | Exoplanets in Transits and their Atmospheres |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Facility |
Category: | La Silla |
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