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NGTS: a robotic transit survey to detect Neptune and super-Earth mass planets

Bruno Chazelas, D. Pollacco, D. Queloz, H. Rauer, P. J. Wheatley, R. G. West, J. Bento, M. R. Burleigh, J. McCormac, Philipp Eigmüller, A. Erikson, Ludovic Genolet, Andrés Jordán, M. Neveu, S. R. Walker

Year
2012
Citations
46

Abstract

NGTS is a new ground-based transit survey aimed at detecting sub-Neptune sized exoplanets around bright stars. The instrument will be installed at the ESO Paranal observatory in order to benefit from the excellent observing conditions and follow-up synergy with the VLT and E-ELT. It will be a robotic facility composed of 12, 200 mm telescopes equipped with 2Kx2K NIR sensitive detectors. It is built on the legacy of the WASP experience.

Keywords

ExoplanetTransit (satellite)ObservatoryPlanetNeptuneAstronomyAstrobiologyStarsPhysicsRemote sensing

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