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Near-InfraRed Planet Searcher to Join HARPS on the ESO 3.6-metre Telescope

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2017

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F. Bouchy, René Doyon, Étienne Artigau, C. Melo, Olivier Hernandez, F. Wildi, X. Delfosse, C. Lovis, P. Figueira, B. L. Canto Martins,
ESO - European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere

Abstract

The Near-InfraRed Planet Searcher (NIRPS) is a new ultra-stable infrared <i>(YJH)</i> spectrograph that will be installed on ESO’s 3.6-metre Telescope in La Silla, Chile. Aiming to achieve a precision of 1 m s<sup>–1</sup>, NIRPS is designed to find rocky planets orbiting M dwarfs, and will operate together with the High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS), also on the 3.6-metre Telescope. In this article we describe the NIRPS science cases and present its main technical characteristics.