First Light for SPECULOOS
The SPECULOOS Southern Observatory has made its first observations on site at the European Southern Observatory’s Paranal Observatory in northern Chile. SPECULOOS will focus on detecting Earth-sized planets orbiting nearby ultra-cool stars and brown dwarfs.
Credit:tau-tec GmbH/ Michael Ruder /ESO
About the Image
Id: | eso1839j |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 5 December 2018, 12:00 |
Related releases: | eso1839 |
Size: | 4056 x 2280 px |
About the Object
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory |
Category: | Paranal |
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