HELIOS at La Silla
HARPS (High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher) is a powerful planet-hunting instrument attached to the ESO 3.6-metre telescope at La Silla Observatory, Chile.
HELIOS, seen in this image, is a solar telescope that was installed onto HARPS in 2018. HELIOS feeds sunlight via fibre optics to the HARPS spectograph, improving its exoplanet detection techniques while improving our understanding of stellar activity.
Credit:About the Image
Id: | lso_3384-cc |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 28 January 2021, 15:21 |
Size: | 6048 x 4024 px |
About the Object
Name: | HELIOS |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
Category: | La Silla |
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