SPECULOOS: five years hunting terrestrial planets around ultra-cool dwarfs

Sebastián Zúñiga-Fernández; Michaël Gillon; Peter P. Pedersen; Daniel Sebastian; Artem Burdanov; Brice-Oliver Demory; Amaury H. M. J. Triaud; Julien de Wit; Emmanuël Jehin; Didier Queloz; Lionel J. Garcia; Mathilde Timmermans; Khalid Barkaoui; Thomas Baycroft; Yasmin Davis; Fatemeh Davoudi; Laetitia Delrez; Elsa Ducrot; Yilen Gómez Maqueo Chew; Matthew J. Hooton; Clàudia Janó-Muñoz; Benjamin V. Rackham; Madison Scott; Samantha Thompson; Selçuk Yalçinkaya

doi:10.1117/12.3020550

11 September 2024 SPECULOOS: five years hunting terrestrial planets around ultra-cool dwarfs

Sebastián Zúñiga-Fernández, Michaël Gillon, Peter P. Pedersen, Daniel Sebastian, Artem Burdanov, Brice-Oliver Demory, Amaury H. M. J. Triaud, Julien de Wit, Emmanuël Jehin, Didier Queloz, Lionel J. Garcia, Mathilde Timmermans, Khalid Barkaoui, Thomas Baycroft, Yasmin Davis, Fatemeh Davoudi, Laetitia Delrez, Elsa Ducrot, Yilen Gómez Maqueo Chew, Matthew J. Hooton, Clàudia Janó-Muñoz, Benjamin V. Rackham, Madison Scott, Samantha Thompson, Selçuk Yalçinkaya

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Proceedings Volume 13094, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes X; 1309413 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020550
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2024, Yokohama, Japan

Abstract

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.

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Sebastián Zúñiga-Fernández, Michaël Gillon, Peter P. Pedersen, Daniel Sebastian, Artem Burdanov, Brice-Oliver Demory, Amaury H. M. J. Triaud, Julien de Wit, Emmanuël Jehin, Didier Queloz, Lionel J. Garcia, Mathilde Timmermans, Khalid Barkaoui, Thomas Baycroft, Yasmin Davis, Fatemeh Davoudi, Laetitia Delrez, Elsa Ducrot, Yilen Gómez Maqueo Chew, Matthew J. Hooton, Clàudia Janó-Muñoz, Benjamin V. Rackham, Madison Scott, Samantha Thompson, and Selçuk Yalçinkaya "SPECULOOS: five years hunting terrestrial planets around ultra-cool dwarfs", Proc. SPIE 13094, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes X, 1309413 (11 September 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020550

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