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14 January 2015

The Next-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS) has achieved first light at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in northern Chile. This project will 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.

The release, images and videos are available on:
http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1502/

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The ESO Education and Public Outreach Department
14 January 2015




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