Context. ESPRESSO is the new high-resolution spectrograph of ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT). It was designed for ultra-high radial-velocity (RV) precision and...
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PublicationESPRESSO at VLT. On-sky performance and first results
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PublicationESPRESSO mass determination of TOI-263b: an extreme inhabitant of the brown dwarf desert
The TESS mission has reported a wealth of new planetary systems around bright and nearby stars amenable for detailed characterizations of planet properties and...
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PublicationESPRESSO: The next European exoplanet hunter
The acronym ESPRESSO stems for Echelle SPectrograph for Rocky Exoplanets and Stable Spectroscopic Observations; this instrument will be the next VLT high...
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PublicationEuclid preparation. XVI. Exploring the ultra-low surface brightness Universe with Euclid/VIS
Context. While Euclid is an ESA mission specifically designed to investigate the nature of dark energy and dark matter, the planned unprecedented combination of...
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PublicationEuclid preparation. XVIII. The NISP photometric system
Euclid will be the first space mission to survey most of the extragalactic sky in the 0.95-2.02 µm range, to a 5 σ point-source median depth of 24.4 AB mag...
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PublicationEuclid preparation. XXVII. A UV-NIR spectral atlas of compact planetary nebulae for wavelength calibration
The Euclid mission will conduct an extragalactic survey over 15 000 deg 2 of the extragalactic sky. The spectroscopic channel of the Near-Infrared Spectrometer...
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PublicationEuclid preparation. XXX. Performance assessment of the NISP red grism through spectroscopic simulations for the wide and deep surveys
This work focusses on the pilot run of a simulation campaign aimed at investigating the spectroscopic capabilities of the Euclid Near-Infrared Spectrometer and...
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PublicationEuropean Solar Telescope: Progress status
In this paper, the present status of the development of the design of the European Solar Telescope is described. The telescope is devised to have the best...
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PublicationExpected OSIRIS Efficiency
OSIRIS, the main optical (360-1000nm) 1st-generation instrument for GTC, is being integrated. Except for some grisms and filters, all main optical components...