NIRPS
(Near Infrared Planet Searcher)
(near-infrared extension to HARPS spectrograph)
NIRPS (Near Infrared Planet Searcher)
is a spectrograph on the ESO 3.6m Telescope
at La Silla Observatory (LSO) in Chile.
It is essentially a near infrared
extension to HARPS, with a
spectral resolution capable of
detecting radial-velocity-differences
down to 1 meter per second.
Interest has become high regarding extra-solar planets
around red dwarfs, for which infrared
spectrography is helpful.
First light was announced in April 2022.
(instrument,exoplanets,Chile,spectrograph,RV method,infrared)
Further reading:
https://arxiv.org/abs/1711.00835
https://www.eso.org/sci/facilities/develop/instruments/NIRPS.html
https://www.astro.umontreal.ca/nirps/
https://www.unige.ch/sciences/astro/exoplanets/en/projects/nirps/
https://nccr-planets.ch/blog/2020/10/13/nirps-spectrograph-delivers-its-first-images-in-quebec/
| WaveL | Freq | Photon
Energy | | |
| 980nm | 306THz | 1.3eV | begin | NIRPS |
| 1800nm | 167THz | 689meV | end | NIRPS |
|
Referenced by page:
ESO 3.6m Telescope
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