MASCARA planet hunting system at ESO’s La Silla Observatory

The MASCARA (Multi-site All-Sky CAmeRA) station at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile achieved first light in July 2017. This new facility will seek out transiting exoplanets as they pass in front of their bright parent stars and create a catalogue of targets for future exoplanet characterisation observations.

This picture shows the system during installation as the sun is setting.

Credit:

ESO/G. Otten and G. J. Talens

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Id:eso1722c
Type:Photographic
Release date:19 July 2017, 12:00
Related releases:eso1722
Size:6000 x 4000 px

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Name:MASCARA
Type:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Instrument
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Category:La Silla

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