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The Near Infra-Red Planet Searcher, hereafter called the “NIRPS”, is a spectrograph, for operation in the southern hemisphere and in the IR spectral domain.  NIRPS’s main goal is to perform the critical radial-velocity follow-up of transiting-planet candidates identified by… Read More

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NIRPS is part of a new generation of Adaptive Optics (AO) fiber-fed spectrographs. Its originality resides in the use of a multi-mode fiber, much less affected by AO correction residuals than a single-mode fiber, allowing comparatively higher coupling… Read More

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La Silla Paranal Observatory: a hub for extrasolar planet research Our knowledge on the frequency of planets, the architecture of planetary systems and their nature (mass, size, bulk composition, atmosphere) has been revolutionised in the last two decades… Read More

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