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EP: Fachverband Extraterrestrische Physik

EP 6: Exoplaneten und Astrobiologie

EP 6.7: Talk

Thursday, March 20, 2014, 12:00–12:15, DO24 1.103

NGTS: Next Generation Transit Survey — •Philipp Eigmüller — Institut für Planetenforschung, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Rutherfordstr. 2, 12489 Berlin, Germany

The Next Generation Transit Survey (NGTS) is a new ground-based transit survey designed to detect small transiting exoplanets around bright stars. NGTS consist of twelve individual telescopes, each with an aperture of 20cm and a field of view of eight square degrees. It operates in a wavelength range between 550-900nm to maximize its sensitivity to stars of K and early M spectral type. The high photometric precision of the NGTS telescopes will allow to detect down to sub-Neptune sized planets around these stars. The brightness of the host stars (<13 Vmag) will allow for follow up observations of the detected planets, not only to confirm their planetary nature, but also for further characterization. The system will be located at the ESO Paranal site in order to benefit from the excellent photometric conditions as well as follow-up synergy with the VLT and E-ELT. The installation on site has already started. First light and science operations are due to begin this year.