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Observatory Paranal, Chile
ASA Telescopes on Observatory Paranal, Chile
The Next-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS) has achieved first light 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.
ASA Telescopes on Observatory Paranal, Chile
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Impressions of NGTS
Imagecredit: ESO, G. Lambert, R. Wesson, R. West