ESPRESSO
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thumb|ESPRESSO spectrograph concept at the Preliminary Design Review thumb|ESPRESSO spectrograph optical design at the Preliminary Design Review thumb|ESPRESSO successfully made its first observations in November 2017.
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Sensitivity
- Instrument
- Status
- Scientific objectives
- Consortium
- ESPRESSO specifications
- Radial velocity comparison tables
- MK-type stars with planets in the habitable zone
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|ESPRESSO spectrograph concept at the Preliminary Design Review thumb|ESPRESSO spectrograph optical design at the Preliminary Design Review thumb|ESPRESSO successfully made its first observations in November 2017.
ESPRESSO (Echelle Spectrograph for Rocky Exoplanet- and Stable Spectroscopic Observations) is a third-generation, fiber fed, cross-dispersed, echelle spectrograph mounted on the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT). The unit saw its first light with one VLT in December 2017 and first light with all four VLT units in February 2018.
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