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5 December 2018

The SPECULOOS project has made its first observations at the European Southern Observatory’s Paranal Observatory in northern Chile. SPECULOOS will focus on detecting Earth-sized planets orbiting nearby ultra-cool stars and brown dwarfs.

The release, images and videos are available on:
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1839/

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5 December 2018




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