Magellan Planet Search Program

#235 among destinations in Chile

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The Magellan Planet Search Program is a ground-based search for extrasolar planets that makes use of the radial velocity method. It began gathering data in December 2002 using the MIKE echelle spectrograph mounted on the 6.5m Magellan II "Clay" telescope located within the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile. In 2010, the program began using the newly commissioned Planet Finder Spectrograph, an instrument purpose-built for precise radial velocity measurement. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 29°0'54"S, 70°41'32"W

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Magellan Planet Search Program – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Las Campanas Observatory, Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment.

0.7 miNW
Observatories and planetariums
Las Campanas Observatory
18 min walk • Las Campanas Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the Carnegie Institution for Science. It is in the southern Atacama Desert of Chile in the Atacama Region approximately 100 kilometres northeast of the city of La Serena.
0.5 miNW
Observatories and planetariums
Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment
14 min walk • The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment is a Polish astronomical project based at the University of Warsaw that runs a long-term variability sky survey.