New Mexico Exoplanet Spectroscopic Survey Instrument

New Mexico Exoplanet Spectroscopic Survey Instrument
The 2.4 meter Telescope at Magdalena Ridge Observatory
Alternative namesNESSI
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The New Mexico Exoplanet Spectroscopic Survey Instrument (NESSI) is a ground-based near-infrared spectrographic system specifically designed to study the atmospheres of exoplanets.[1][2][3] The NESSI instrument was mounted in 2014 on a 2.4 meter telescope at the Magdalena Ridge Observatory in Socorro County, New Mexico, USA,[4] achieving first light on 7 April 2014.[5]

  1. ^ Landau, Elizabeth; Cofield, Calla (23 January 2020). "NESSI Emerges as New Tool for Exoplanet Atmospheres". NASA. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  2. ^ Whitney, Clavin (17 April 2014). "Exoplanets Soon to Gleam in the Eye of NESSI". NASA. California: Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
  3. ^ "NESSI - New Mexico Exoplanet Spectroscopic Survey Instrument". New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. April 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-04-21. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference QRKE was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "New Exoplanet Instrument Achieves First Light!". New Mexico Tech. April 7, 2014. Retrieved 2016-04-20.