The Next-Generation Transit Survey

The Next-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS), located at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in northern Chile, saw first light in 2015. The project is designed to 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.

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F. Char/ESO

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Id:ngts-02-12k-realigned-cc
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Data de divulgação:26 de Janeiro de 2017 às 17:08
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Nome:Next-Generation Transit Survey, Paranal
Tipo:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope
Categoria:360 Panorama
Paranal

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