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Título del libro:
Título del capítulo: SPECULOOS: five years hunting terrestrial planets around ultra-cool dwarfs

Autores UNAM:
YILEN GOMEZ MAQUEO CHEW;
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Año de publicación:
2024
Palabras clave:

Airborne telescopes; Astrobiology; Cosmology; Giant stars; Interplanetary flight; Photons; Planets; White dwarfs; Brown dwarfs; Cool stars; Dwarf stars; Planetary system; Robotic astronomy; Stars: dwarfs; Stars: low mass; Terrestrial planets; Transit search; Ultra cool dwarfs; Space telescopes


Resumen:

The SPECULOOS (Search for habitable Planets EClipsing ULtra-cOOl Stars) project aims to detect temperate terrestrial planets transiting nearby ultracool dwarfs, including late M-dwarf stars and brown dwarfs, which are well-suited for atmospheric characterization using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and upcoming giant telescopes like the European Extremely Large Telescope (ELT). Led by the University of Liège, SPECULOOS is conducted in partnership with the University of Cambridge, the University of Birmingham, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Bern, and ETH Zurich. The project operates a network of robotic telescopes at two main observatories: SPECULOOS-South in Chile, with four telescopes, and SPECULOOS-North in Tenerife, currently with one telescope (soon to be two). This network is complemented by the SAINT-EX telescope located in San Pedro Mártir, Mexico. In this paper, we review the status of our facilities after five years of operations, the current challenges and development plans, and our latest scientific results. © 2024 SPIE.


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