ZIMPOL/CHEOPS

The Very Large Telescope (VLT)

ZIMPOL/CHEOPS is a polarimetric imager being developed for the Very Large Telescope for the direct detection of extra-solar planets.[1] The imager is operated by the European Southern Observatory on Cerro Paranal in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile.[1][2]

The Zurich Imaging Polarimeter (ZIMPOL) provides diffraction limited classical imaging and differential polarimetric imaging (DPI) at 15 mas resolution in the visible spectrum[3] and is one of three scientific subsystem integrated into the VLT-SPHERE instrument used at VLT's Unit Telescope 3, Melipal.

CHEOPS is an acronym for CHaracterizing Exo-planets by Opto-infrared Polarimetry and Spectroscopy.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Schmid, H. M.; Gisler, D.; Joos, F.; Povel, H. P.; Stenflo, J. O.; Feldt, M.; et al. (2005-12-01) [15–19 March 2004]. A. Adamson; C. Aspin; C. J. Davis; T. Fujiyoshi, eds. "ZIMPOL/CHEOPS: a Polarimetric Imager for the Direct Detection of Extra-solar Planets". Astronomical Polarimetry: Current Status and Future Directions ASP Conference Series, Conference Proceedings (Waikoloa, Hawai'i, USA) 343: 89. Bibcode:2005ASPC..343...89S. Retrieved 2012-01-22.
  2. ↑ "ZIMPOL - The Zurich IMaging POLarimeter". Retrieved 2012-01-21.
  3. ↑ "SPHERE Exposure Time Calculator – Instrument description". 26 February 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "CHaracterizing Extrasolar planets by Opto-infrared Polarimetry and Spectroscopy". Retrieved 2012-01-21.

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