ESPRESSO Telescope Time
We are excited to announce that our group has recently been awarded 32 hours of Very Large Telescope (VLT) time to confirm the presence of three planets orbiting nearby M dwarf stars.
The observations will be carried out with the state-of-the-art ultra-stable high resolution spectrograph ESPRESSO, which allows to precisely measure the radial velocity of the observed stars. Thes data will allow us to separate the planet signal from other signals arising from stellar activity and, if confirmed, to estimate its minimum mass and orbiting period. This work is part of our group's effort to constrain the planetary system's architecture around stars in the solar neighborhood, which will be prime targets for characterisation with new and upcoming space- and ground based facilities such as the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT).
PI: Lia F. Sartori
Prog ID: 110.248Y