SPECULOOS: a network of robotic telescopes to hunt for terrestrial planets around the nearest ultracool dwarfs

Laetitia Delrez; Michael Gillon; Didier Queloz; Brice-Olivier Demory; Yaseen Almleaky; Julien de Wit; Emmanuel Jehin; Amaury H. M. J. Triaud; Khalid Barkaoui; Artem Burdanov; Adam J. Burgasser; Elsa Ducrot; James McCormac; Catriona Murray; Catarina Silva Fernandes; Sandrine Sohy; Samantha J. Thompson; Valerie Van Grootel; Roi Alonso; Zouhair Benkhaldoun; Rafael Rebolo

doi:10.1117/12.2312475

SPECULOOS: a network of robotic telescopes to hunt for terrestrial planets around the nearest ultracool dwarfs

Laetitia Delrez, Michael Gillon, Didier Queloz, Brice-Olivier Demory, Yaseen Almleaky, Julien de Wit, Emmanuel Jehin, Amaury H. M. J. Triaud, Khalid Barkaoui, Artem Burdanov, Adam J. Burgasser, Elsa Ducrot, James McCormac, Catriona Murray, Catarina Silva Fernandes, Sandrine Sohy, Samantha J. Thompson, Valerie Van Grootel, Roi Alonso, Zouhair BenkhaldounRafael Rebolo

Physics and Astronomy

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Abstract

We present here SPECULOOS, a new exoplanet transit search based on a network of 1m-class robotic telescopes targeting the ~1200 ultracool (spectral type M7 and later) dwarfs bright enough in the infrared (K-mag ≤ 12.5) to possibly enable the atmospheric characterization of temperate terrestrial planets with next-generation facilities like the James Webb Space Telescope. The ultimate goals of the project are to reveal the frequency of temperate terrestrial planets around the lowest-mass stars and brown dwarfs, to probe the diversity of their bulk compositions, atmospheres and surface conditions, and to assess their potential habitability.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	SPIE astronomical telescopes + instrumentation
Subtitle of host publication	Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VII
Editors	Heather K. Marshall, Jason Spyromilio
Publisher	Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510619548
ISBN (Print)	9781510619531
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312475
Publication status	Published - 6 Jul 2018
Event	SPIE astronomical telescopes + instrumentation - Austin, United States Duration: 10 Jun 2018 → 15 Jun 2018

Publication series

Name	Proceeedings of SPIE
Publisher	SPIE
Volume	10700
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

Conference

Conference	SPIE astronomical telescopes + instrumentation
Country/Territory	United States
City	Austin
Period	10/06/18 → 15/06/18

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21 pages, 13 figures, 1 table. Proceedings of SPIE

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Delrez, L., Gillon, M., Queloz, D., Demory, B-O., Almleaky, Y., Wit, J. D., Jehin, E., Triaud, A. H. M. J., Barkaoui, K., Burdanov, A., Burgasser, A. J., Ducrot, E., McCormac, J., Murray, C., Fernandes, C. S., Sohy, S., Thompson, S. J., Grootel, V. V., Alonso, R., ... Rebolo, R. (2018). SPECULOOS: a network of robotic telescopes to hunt for terrestrial planets around the nearest ultracool dwarfs. In H. K. Marshall, & J. Spyromilio (Eds.), SPIE astronomical telescopes + instrumentation: Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VII [1I] (Proceeedings of SPIE; Vol. 10700). Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312475

Delrez, Laetitia ; Gillon, Michael ; Queloz, Didier et al. / SPECULOOS : a network of robotic telescopes to hunt for terrestrial planets around the nearest ultracool dwarfs. SPIE astronomical telescopes + instrumentation: Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VII. editor / Heather K. Marshall ; Jason Spyromilio. Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, 2018. (Proceeedings of SPIE).

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Delrez, L, Gillon, M, Queloz, D, Demory, B-O, Almleaky, Y, Wit, JD, Jehin, E, Triaud, AHMJ, Barkaoui, K, Burdanov, A, Burgasser, AJ, Ducrot, E, McCormac, J, Murray, C, Fernandes, CS, Sohy, S, Thompson, SJ, Grootel, VV, Alonso, R, Benkhaldoun, Z & Rebolo, R 2018, SPECULOOS: a network of robotic telescopes to hunt for terrestrial planets around the nearest ultracool dwarfs. in HK Marshall & J Spyromilio (eds), SPIE astronomical telescopes + instrumentation: Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VII., 1I, Proceeedings of SPIE, vol. 10700, Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, SPIE astronomical telescopes + instrumentation, Austin, Texas, United States, 10/06/18. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312475

SPECULOOS : a network of robotic telescopes to hunt for terrestrial planets around the nearest ultracool dwarfs. / Delrez, Laetitia; Gillon, Michael; Queloz, Didier et al.

SPIE astronomical telescopes + instrumentation: Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VII. ed. / Heather K. Marshall; Jason Spyromilio. Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, 2018. 1I (Proceeedings of SPIE; Vol. 10700).

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Delrez L, Gillon M, Queloz D, Demory B-O, Almleaky Y, Wit JD et al. SPECULOOS: a network of robotic telescopes to hunt for terrestrial planets around the nearest ultracool dwarfs. In Marshall HK, Spyromilio J, editors, SPIE astronomical telescopes + instrumentation: Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VII. Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers. 2018. 1I. (Proceeedings of SPIE). doi: 10.1117/12.2312475

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