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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.
This time-lapse sequence shows the system during testing under a brilliant Moon.
Forrás:ESO/G. Lambert
About the Video
Id: | eso1502c |
Közzététel napja: | 2015. január 14. 12.00 |
Related releases: | eso1502 |
Időtartam: | 20 s |
Frame rate: | 30 fps |
About the Object
Név: | Next-Generation Transit Survey |
Category: | Paranal |