The Messenger Telescopes and Instrumentation

PoET: the Paranal solar ESPRESSO Telescope

Authors
  • Santos, Nuno C. [Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences, CAUP, Porto, Portugal; Department of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Portugal]
  • Cabral, Alexandre [Institute of Astrophysics and Space Science, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal; Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal]
  • Leite, Inês [Institute of Astrophysics and Space Science, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal; Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal]
  • Smette, Alain [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Abreu, Manuel [Institute of Astrophysics and Space Science, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal; Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal]
  • Alves, David [Institute of Astrophysics and Space Science, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal; Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal]
  • Martins, Jorge H. C. [Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences, CAUP, Porto, Portugal]
  • Monteiro, Manuel [Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences, CAUP, Porto, Portugal]
  • Silva, André [Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences, CAUP, Porto, Portugal; Department of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Portugal]
  • Wehbe, Bachar [Institute of Astrophysics and Space Science, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal; Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal]
  • Arancibia, Jimmy [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Ávila, Gerardo [Institute of Astrophysics and Space Science, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal]
  • Brillant, Stephane [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Cárdenas, César [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Clara, Ricardo [Institute of Astrophysics and Space Science, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal]
  • Gafeira, Ricardo [Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences, University of Coimbra, OGAUC Portugal; Department of Physics, University of Coimbra, Portugal]
  • Gaytan, Daniel [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Lovis, Christophe [Astronomy Department, University of Geneva, Switzerland]
  • Miranda, Nicolas [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Moreno, Pedro [Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences, CAUP, Porto, Portugal]
  • Oliveira, António [Institute of Astrophysics and Space Science, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal; Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal]
  • Otarola, Angel [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Pepe, Francesco [Astronomy Department, University of Geneva, Switzerland]
  • Rojas, Pascual [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Schmutzer, Ricardo [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Sosnowska, Danuta [Astronomy Department, University of Geneva, Switzerland]
  • van der Heyden, Pierre [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Al Moulla, Khaled [Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences, CAUP, Porto, Portugal]
  • Adibekyan, Vardan [Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences, CAUP, Porto, Portugal]
  • Barka, Alba [Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences, CAUP, Porto, Portugal; Department of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Portugal]
  • Barros, Susana C. C. [Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences, CAUP, Porto, Portugal; Department of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Portugal]
  • Branco, Pedro [Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences, CAUP, Porto, Portugal; Department of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Portugal]
  • Cristo, Eduardo [Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences, CAUP, Porto, Portugal]
  • Damasceno, Yuri [Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences, CAUP, Porto, Portugal; Department of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Portugal]
  • Demangeon, Olivier [Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences, CAUP, Porto, Portugal]
  • Dethier, William [Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences, CAUP, Porto, Portugal]
  • Faria, João P. [Astronomy Department, University of Geneva, Switzerland]
  • Gomes da Silva, João [Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences, CAUP, Porto, Portugal]
  • Gonçalves, Eduardo [Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences, CAUP, Porto, Portugal; Department of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Portugal]
  • Lucero, Jennifer P. [Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences, CAUP, Porto, Portugal; Department of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Portugal]
  • Rodrigues, José [Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences, CAUP, Porto, Portugal; Department of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Portugal]
  • San Nicolas Martinez, Carmen [Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences, CAUP, Porto, Portugal; Department of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Portugal]
  • Santos, Ângela [Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences, CAUP, Porto, Portugal; Department of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Portugal]
  • Sousa, Sérgio [Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences, CAUP, Porto, Portugal]
  • Viana, Pedro T. P. [Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences, CAUP, Porto, Portugal; Department of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Portugal]

Section
Telescopes and Instrumentation
Abstract

The detection and characterisation of other ‘Earths’, orbiting other suns, is a bold objective of present-day astrophysics. However, this quest is severely challenged by astrophysical ‘noise’ from the host stars, whose signatures distort the observed spectra. Motivated by this problem, we are building a dedicated facility, the Paranal solar ESPRESSO Telescope (PoET). PoET will collect solar light and channel it into the ESPRESSO spectrograph, allowing us to use the Sun as a proxy to unambiguously identify and understand the sources of relevant variability in solar-type stars.


Dates
Created: 2025-03-01/2025-03-31
Length
5 pages

Cite this article:

Santos, N., Cabral, A., Leite, I., Smette, A., Abreu, M., Alves, D., Martins, J., Monteiro, M., Silva, A., Wehbe, B., Arancibia, J., Ávila, G., Brillant, S., Cárdenas, C., Clara, R., Gafeira, R., Gaytan, D., Lovis, C., Miranda, N., Moreno, P., Oliveira, A., Otarola, A., Pepe, F., Rojas, P., Schmutzer, R., Sosnowska, D., van der Heyden, P., Al Moulla, K., Adibekyan, V., Barka, A., Barros, S., Branco, P., Cristo, E., Damasceno, Y., Demangeon, O., Dethier, W., Faria, J., Gomes da Silva, J., Gonçalves, E., Lucero, J., Rodrigues, J., San Nicolas Martinez, C., Santos, Â., Sousa, S., Viana, P.; PoET: the Paranal solar ESPRESSO Telescope. The Messenger 194 (March 2025): 21–25. https://doi.org/10.18727/0722-6691/5381