Portugal will build from to study the Sun in Chile on 24 – Science
The project is coordinated by the researcher Nuno Cardoso Santos, from the Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciencesand is part of another, FIERCE, which, over the next five years, aims to develop new methods for detecting planets outside the Solar System, known as exoplanets, similar to Earth.
“The main thing is to use the only one to observe the Sun as to better observe the details on its disk, to better understand the phenomena that star the atmosphere in the atmosphere of other similar stars disturb as objective of the objectives and petros” of light, explained, adding ” these disturbances and noise study of exoplane proxies”.
“In practice, the data obtained will allow us to optimize the way we analyze the search data for other planets.“, he added.
According to Nuno Cardoso, the professional ESPE, the Portuguese num. 8.2 meters in diameter) that form the metro VLT, will make it possible to “obtain high quality spectra” of the star.
The likely, once so bright, is enough to study a very bright object, but “aber that it deals with a very bright object”, but “aber that it deals with a considerable object Alexandre Cabralequally researcher at the Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences and responsible for the construction of the instrument.
According to Alexandre, “the most important feature” of the study of atmospheres of extra planets.
The is called PoET (Paranal Solar ESPRES Telescope) and, according to Nu Cardoso Santos, will allow Portuguese science to “be at the forefront” in the search and study of planets similar to Earth.
The FICE project, which is not part of Science and PoET, conceived entirely by the Instituto de Astrofísica do Espaço, will be financed with a grant of 2.5 million euros awarded by the European Research Council to Nuno Cardoso Santos.
The plan, according to Alexandre Cabral, is build, build and test the “in a maximum period of years”. “These phases will be carried out in Portugal, after the tests the installation will be carried out in Paranal”, he said.
If “everything goes according to plan”, the will be operational in late 2024 and, from then on, it will begin “to obtain data to carry out the science of the project”, pointed out the coordinator of Nuno Cardoso Santos, a specialist in the study of exoplanets.