SPHERE
(Spectro-polarimetric High-contrast Exoplanet Research, VLT-SPHERE)
(VLT instrument for imaging exoplanets)
SPHERE (for Spectro-polarimetric High-contrast Exoplanet Research,
VLT-SPHERE) is a multi-part instrument
on the European Southern Observatory Very Large Telescope (ESO VLT) designed for direct imaging of extra-solar planets.
It includes an extreme AO system and coronagraph that feed into
its three sensor instruments:
The AO system is termed SAXO, for "SPHERE AO for exoplanet observation".
(instrument,imager,exoplanets)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectro-Polarimetric_High-Contrast_Exoplanet_Research
https://www.eso.org/sci/facilities/paranal/instruments/sphere.html
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019A%26A...631A.155B/abstract
Referenced by pages:
BEAST
Beta Pictoris b (β Pic b)
European Southern Observatory Very Large Telescope (ESO VLT)
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