The Next-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS) at Paranal
The Next-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS) is located 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.
Most of the 20-centimetre telescopes that form the survey system are shown in this picture taken during testing.
Forrás:ESO/R. West
About the Image
Id: | eso1502b |
Típus: | Photographic |
Közzététel napja: | 2015. január 14. 12.00 |
Related releases: | eso1502 |
Size: | 4296 x 2540 px |
About the Object
Név: | Next-Generation Transit Survey |
Típus: | Unspecified : Technology |
Category: | Paranal |
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