Harps-N: the new planet hunter at TNG

Rosario Cosentino; Christophe Lovis; Francesco Pepe; Andrew Collier Cameron; David W. Latham; Emilio Molinari; Stephane Udry; Naidu Bezawada; Martin Black; Andy Born; Nicolas Buchschacher; Dave Charbonneau; Pedro Figueira; Michel Fleury; Alberto Galli; Angus Gallie; Xiaofeng Gao; Adriano Ghedina; Carlos Gonzalez; Manuel Gonzalez; Jose Guerra; David Henry; Keith Horne; Ian Hughes; Dennis Kelly; Marcello Lodi; David Lunney; Charles Maire; Michel Mayor; Giusi Micela; Mark P. Ordway; John Peacock; David Phillips; Giampaolo Piotto; Don Pollacco; Didier Queloz; Ken Rice; Carlos Riverol; Luis Riverol; Jose San Juan; Dimitar Sasselov; Damien Segransan; Alessandro Sozzetti; Danuta Sosnowska; Brian Stobie; Andrew Szentgyorgyi; Andy Vick; Luc Weber

doi:10.1117/12.925738

Harps-N: the new planet hunter at TNG

Rosario Cosentino, Christophe Lovis, Francesco Pepe, Andrew Collier Cameron, David W. Latham, Emilio Molinari, Stephane Udry, Naidu Bezawada, Martin Black, Andy Born, Nicolas Buchschacher, Dave Charbonneau, Pedro Figueira, Michel Fleury, Alberto Galli, Angus Gallie, Xiaofeng Gao, Adriano Ghedina, Carlos Gonzalez, Manuel GonzalezJose Guerra, David Henry, Keith Horne, Ian Hughes, Dennis Kelly, Marcello Lodi, David Lunney, Charles Maire, Michel Mayor, Giusi Micela, Mark P. Ordway, John Peacock, David Phillips, Giampaolo Piotto, Don Pollacco, Didier Queloz, Ken Rice, Carlos Riverol, Luis Riverol, Jose San Juan, Dimitar Sasselov, Damien Segransan, Alessandro Sozzetti, Danuta Sosnowska, Brian Stobie, Andrew Szentgyorgyi, Andy Vick, Luc Weber

School of Physics and Astronomy

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Abstract

The Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (TNG)[9] hosts, starting in April 2012, the visible spectrograph HARPS-N. It is based on the design of its predecessor working at ESO's 3.6m telescope, achieving unprecedented results on radial velocity measurements of extrasolar planetary systems. The spectrograph's ultra-stable environment, in a temperature-controlled vacuum chamber, will allow measurements under 1 m/s which will enable the characterization of rocky, Earth-like planets. Enhancements from the original HARPS include better scrambling using octagonal section fibers with a shorter length, as well as a native tip-tilt system to increase image sharpness, and an integrated pipeline providing a complete set of parameters. Observations in the Kepler field will be the main goal of HARPS-N, and a substantial fraction of TNG observing time will be devoted to this follow-up. The operation process of the observatory has been updated, from scheduling constraints to telescope control system. Here we describe the entire instrument, along with the results from the first technical commissioning.

Original language	English
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	8446
Issue number	Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IV
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925738
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2012

Access to Document

10.1117/12.925738

Cite this

Cosentino, R., Lovis, C., Pepe, F., Collier Cameron, A., Latham, D. W., Molinari, E., Udry, S., Bezawada, N., Black, M., Born, A., Buchschacher, N., Charbonneau, D., Figueira, P., Fleury, M., Galli, A., Gallie, A., Gao, X., Ghedina, A., Gonzalez, C., ... Weber, L. (2012). Harps-N: the new planet hunter at TNG. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 8446(Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IV). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925738

@article{2afea968e2cb482faf6202456768b295,

title = "Harps-N: the new planet hunter at TNG",

abstract = "The Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (TNG)[9] hosts, starting in April 2012, the visible spectrograph HARPS-N. It is based on the design of its predecessor working at ESO's 3.6m telescope, achieving unprecedented results on radial velocity measurements of extrasolar planetary systems. The spectrograph's ultra-stable environment, in a temperature-controlled vacuum chamber, will allow measurements under 1 m/s which will enable the characterization of rocky, Earth-like planets. Enhancements from the original HARPS include better scrambling using octagonal section fibers with a shorter length, as well as a native tip-tilt system to increase image sharpness, and an integrated pipeline providing a complete set of parameters. Observations in the Kepler field will be the main goal of HARPS-N, and a substantial fraction of TNG observing time will be devoted to this follow-up. The operation process of the observatory has been updated, from scheduling constraints to telescope control system. Here we describe the entire instrument, along with the results from the first technical commissioning.",

author = "Rosario Cosentino and Christophe Lovis and Francesco Pepe and {Collier Cameron}, Andrew and Latham, {David W.} and Emilio Molinari and Stephane Udry and Naidu Bezawada and Martin Black and Andy Born and Nicolas Buchschacher and Dave Charbonneau and Pedro Figueira and Michel Fleury and Alberto Galli and Angus Gallie and Xiaofeng Gao and Adriano Ghedina and Carlos Gonzalez and Manuel Gonzalez and Jose Guerra and David Henry and Keith Horne and Ian Hughes and Dennis Kelly and Marcello Lodi and David Lunney and Charles Maire and Michel Mayor and Giusi Micela and Ordway, {Mark P.} and John Peacock and David Phillips and Giampaolo Piotto and Don Pollacco and Didier Queloz and Ken Rice and Carlos Riverol and Luis Riverol and {San Juan}, Jose and Dimitar Sasselov and Damien Segransan and Alessandro Sozzetti and Danuta Sosnowska and Brian Stobie and Andrew Szentgyorgyi and Andy Vick and Luc Weber",

year = "2012",

month = sep,

day = "1",

doi = "10.1117/12.925738",

language = "English",

volume = "8446",

journal = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",

issn = "0277-786X",

publisher = "SPIE",

number = "Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IV",

}

Cosentino, R, Lovis, C, Pepe, F, Collier Cameron, A, Latham, DW, Molinari, E, Udry, S, Bezawada, N, Black, M, Born, A, Buchschacher, N, Charbonneau, D, Figueira, P, Fleury, M, Galli, A, Gallie, A, Gao, X, Ghedina, A, Gonzalez, C, Gonzalez, M, Guerra, J, Henry, D, Horne, K, Hughes, I, Kelly, D, Lodi, M, Lunney, D, Maire, C, Mayor, M, Micela, G, Ordway, MP, Peacock, J, Phillips, D, Piotto, G, Pollacco, D, Queloz, D, Rice, K, Riverol, C, Riverol, L, San Juan, J, Sasselov, D, Segransan, D, Sozzetti, A, Sosnowska, D, Stobie, B, Szentgyorgyi, A, Vick, A & Weber, L 2012, 'Harps-N: the new planet hunter at TNG', Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 8446, no. Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IV. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925738

TY - JOUR

T1 - Harps-N: the new planet hunter at TNG

AU - Cosentino, Rosario

AU - Lovis, Christophe

AU - Pepe, Francesco

AU - Collier Cameron, Andrew

AU - Latham, David W.

AU - Molinari, Emilio

AU - Udry, Stephane

AU - Bezawada, Naidu

AU - Black, Martin

AU - Born, Andy

AU - Buchschacher, Nicolas

AU - Charbonneau, Dave

AU - Figueira, Pedro

AU - Fleury, Michel

AU - Galli, Alberto

AU - Gallie, Angus

AU - Gao, Xiaofeng

AU - Ghedina, Adriano

AU - Gonzalez, Carlos

AU - Gonzalez, Manuel

AU - Guerra, Jose

AU - Henry, David

AU - Horne, Keith

AU - Hughes, Ian

AU - Kelly, Dennis

AU - Lodi, Marcello

AU - Lunney, David

AU - Maire, Charles

AU - Mayor, Michel

AU - Micela, Giusi

AU - Ordway, Mark P.

AU - Peacock, John

AU - Phillips, David

AU - Piotto, Giampaolo

AU - Pollacco, Don

AU - Queloz, Didier

AU - Rice, Ken

AU - Riverol, Carlos

AU - Riverol, Luis

AU - San Juan, Jose

AU - Sasselov, Dimitar

AU - Segransan, Damien

AU - Sozzetti, Alessandro

AU - Sosnowska, Danuta

AU - Stobie, Brian

AU - Szentgyorgyi, Andrew

AU - Vick, Andy

AU - Weber, Luc

PY - 2012/9/1

Y1 - 2012/9/1

N2 - The Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (TNG)[9] hosts, starting in April 2012, the visible spectrograph HARPS-N. It is based on the design of its predecessor working at ESO's 3.6m telescope, achieving unprecedented results on radial velocity measurements of extrasolar planetary systems. The spectrograph's ultra-stable environment, in a temperature-controlled vacuum chamber, will allow measurements under 1 m/s which will enable the characterization of rocky, Earth-like planets. Enhancements from the original HARPS include better scrambling using octagonal section fibers with a shorter length, as well as a native tip-tilt system to increase image sharpness, and an integrated pipeline providing a complete set of parameters. Observations in the Kepler field will be the main goal of HARPS-N, and a substantial fraction of TNG observing time will be devoted to this follow-up. The operation process of the observatory has been updated, from scheduling constraints to telescope control system. Here we describe the entire instrument, along with the results from the first technical commissioning.

AB - The Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (TNG)[9] hosts, starting in April 2012, the visible spectrograph HARPS-N. It is based on the design of its predecessor working at ESO's 3.6m telescope, achieving unprecedented results on radial velocity measurements of extrasolar planetary systems. The spectrograph's ultra-stable environment, in a temperature-controlled vacuum chamber, will allow measurements under 1 m/s which will enable the characterization of rocky, Earth-like planets. Enhancements from the original HARPS include better scrambling using octagonal section fibers with a shorter length, as well as a native tip-tilt system to increase image sharpness, and an integrated pipeline providing a complete set of parameters. Observations in the Kepler field will be the main goal of HARPS-N, and a substantial fraction of TNG observing time will be devoted to this follow-up. The operation process of the observatory has been updated, from scheduling constraints to telescope control system. Here we describe the entire instrument, along with the results from the first technical commissioning.

UR - http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012SPIE.8446E..1VC

U2 - 10.1117/12.925738

DO - 10.1117/12.925738

M3 - Article

SN - 0277-786X

VL - 8446

JO - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

JF - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

IS - Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IV

ER -

Harps-N: the new planet hunter at TNG

Abstract

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Astrophysics at St Andrews:2012 - 2014: Astrophysics at St Andrews: 2012 - 2014

Cite this

Harps-N: the new planet hunter at TNG

Abstract

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Projects

Astrophysics at St Andrews:2012 - 2014: Astrophysics at St Andrews: 2012 - 2014

Cite this