Observatorios de Canarias
by Ludwig Scheibe (TU Berlin), April 2025 The Observatorios de Canarias are two high-performing astronomical observatories on the Canary Islands Tenerife and La Palma in the Atlantic Ocean. The area with the high mountains, comparatively dry air and low average cloud...
Next-Generation Telescope Survey NGTS
by Ludwig Scheibe (TU Berlin), March 2025 The Next Generation Transit Survey NGTS is a ground-based survey looking for extrasolar planets via the transit method. It uses an array of 12 remote-controlled and automated telescopes located at ESO’s Paranal...
NASA
This article is currently a work in progress. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA is an agency of the US government responsible for aviation and space research. It was established in 1958 and has been a major driver in space exploration. NASA is...
HARPS
This page is currently a work in progress. The High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher, or HARPS for short, is a high-resolution spectrograph installed at the La Silla Observatory in Chile, operated by the European Southern Observatory ESO. Since its first light...