SPECULOOS
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
SPECULOOS is the acronym of "Search for habitable Planets EClipsing ULtra-cOOl Stars" is a project consisting of four Ritchey-Chretien design telescopes of 1-metre primary aperture, made by ASTELCO and each telescope is equipped with a NTM-1000 robotic mount, that will be installed at the Paranal Observatory to search for habitable planets around 500 ultra-cool stars over the next five years.[1][2][3] [4]The robotic observations of each of the four telescopes will be controlled by the program ACP Expert.
See also
- TRAPPIST another project of the University of Liège to search for exoplanets.
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References
- ↑ https://www.ulg.ac.be/cms/c_7453882/en/life-elsewhere-in-the-universe-a-new-nearby-planetary-system-could-bring-soon-the-answer Life elsewhere in the Universe? A new nearby planetary system could bring soon the answer...
- ↑ http://www.orca.ulg.ac.be/SPECULOOS/Speculoos_main/Home.html
- ↑ http://www.nature.com/news/astronomers-revisit-dwarf-stars-promise-1.14053
- ↑ http://space.mit.edu/speculoos-search-terrestrial-planets-transiting-nearest-ultra-cool-stars-speaker-michael-gillon
