AlcorNewsAug 7, 2025
Le traqueur d’exoplanètes NIRPS au Chili livre ses premiers signaux : Proxima b confirmé, première atmosphère détectée, cap sur les terres habitables !
https://www.letemps.ch/sciences/au-chili-le-traqueur-d-exoplanetes-nirps-a-livre-ses-premiers-signaux
#Espace #Science #Astronomie #NIRPS #Exoplanetes #ProximaCentauri
Au Chili, le traqueur d’exoplanètes Nirps a livré ses premiers signaux

Installé depuis 2022 sur un télescope de l’Observatoire européen austral, à La Silla, l’instrument a commencé sa chasse aux exoplanètes après trois ans de réglages et de perfectionnements. L’Université de Genève a conçu une de ses pièces maîtresses

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AlcorNewsJul 30, 2025
Un nouveau spectrographe infrarouge, NIRPS, détecte des exoplanètes autour de naines M et analyse leurs atmosphères prometteuses.
https://nouvelles.umontreal.ca/article/2025/07/29/dans-l-infrarouge-la-quete-des-mondes-lointains-livre-ses-premiers-resultats/
#Space #Science #Astrophysics #Exoplanets #InfraredSpectrograph #NIRPS #PlanetDetection
Dans l’infrarouge, la quête des mondes lointains livre ses premiers résultats

Un nouveau spectrographe infrarouge installé au Chili, le NIRPS, dévoile ses premiers résultats dans la détection d’exoplanètes et de leurs atmosphères.

Daniel FischerJul 29, 2025
NIRPS joining HARPS at ESO 3.6 m - on-sky performance and science objectives: https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2025/08/aa53341-24/aa53341-24.html (and four other papers) -> The IAC leads the first scientific results of #NIRPS, the new infrared exoplanet hunter: https://www.iac.es/en/outreach/news/iac-leads-first-scientific-results-nirps-new-infrared-exoplanet-hunter
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Show threadA. Suárez MascareñoNov 27, 2022
Then on the inside is where the magic happens, the light gets dispersed into tiny colours, and everything is quite complicated #NIRPS #Astronomy #AstronomerLife #exoplanets
Show threadA. Suárez MascareñoNov 27, 2022
This his how a high resolution #spectrograph, designed for #exoplanets studies, looks from the outside. A big chamber, with isolation layers, tubes and warning signs #AstronomerLife #astronomy #NIRPS
Show threadA. Suárez MascareñoNov 27, 2022
It was about time. Today I visited #NIRPS! What you can see is the vacuum vessel inside which the spectrograph is. The whole thing is also inside heat insulation inside a temperature controlled room. #NIRPS is designed to measure precise radial velocities, which require really good insulation from temperature and pressure changes. #astronomy #AstronomerLife #exoplanets
Show threadA. Suárez MascareñoNov 18, 2022
I can't believe I hadn't shared a picture of the #observatory! Not the best, but here you can see the 3.6m ESO telescope in the background (and the NTT right before it) . That is the #telescope that hosts #HARPS and #NIRPS. #astronomy #AstronomerLife
Show threadA. Suárez MascareñoNov 17, 2022
This time it's a bit special. As #NIRPS is still a baby instrument, I'm in charge of baby sitting it. I hope it doesn't cry while I sleep! #astronomy #AstronomerLife #instrumentation
Show threadA. Suárez MascareñoNov 17, 2022
Time to go to La Silla. New flight (Santiago to La Serena) and then a 2.5 hours on the road... And then I think I'll have to start working immediately. Instrumentation runs demand quite a lot of daily work and observing runs demand mostly nightly work. I'm getting quite a few of both this time! #astronomy #AstronomerLife #NIRPS