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MORFEO: Advancing Towards Final Design
Lorenzo Busoni, Guido Agapito, Marco Bonaglia +106
The Multiconjugate adaptive Optics Relay For ELT Observations (MORFEO) is a first-generation adaptive optics module for the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), designed to deliver a d…
A four-planet system orbiting the old thick disk star TOI-1203
D. Gandolfi, A. Alnajjarine, L. M. Serrano +120
TOI-1203 is a bright (V=8.6) G3 V star known to host a transiting warm sub-Neptune on a 25.5 d orbit. Here we report on an intensive high-precision radial velocity and photometric…
The HOSTS Survey: Suspected variable dust emission and constraints on companions around θ Boo
G. Garreau, D. Defrère, S. Ertel +23
During the HOSTS survey by the LBTI, an excess emission from the main sequence star θ Boo (F7V spectral type, 14.5pc distance) was observed. This excess indicates the presence of e…
SHINS, the SHARK-NIR Instrument Control Software
Davide Ricci, Fulvio Laudisio, Alessandro Lorenzetto +20
SHARK-NIR is a new compact instrument for coronagraphic imaging, direct imaging, and coronagraphic spectroscopy in the near-infrared wavelengths mounted at LBT. Taking advantage of…
Transit-timing variations in the AU Mic system observed with CHEOPS
Á. Boldog, Gy. M. Szabó, L. Kriskovics +86
AU Mic is a very active M dwarf with an edge-on debris disk and two transiting sub-Neptunes with a possible third planetary companion. The two transiting planets exhibit significan…
A multi-technique detection of an eccentric giant planet around accelerating star HD 57625
D. Barbato, D. Mesa, V. D'Orazi +42
The synergy between different detection methods is a key asset in exoplanetology, allowing for both precise characterization of detected exoplanets and robust constraints even in t…
Deep imaging of three accelerating stars using SHARK-NIR and LMIRCam at LBT
D. Mesa, R. Gratton, V. D'Orazi +29
The combination of detection techniques enhances our ability to identify companions orbiting nearby stars. We employed high-contrast imaging to constrain mass and separation of pos…
New developments on the Ingot WFS laboratory testing
Tânia Gomes Machado, Simone Di Filippo, Kalyan K. R. Santhakumari +16
The Ingot WFS was designed to overcome some of the challenges present in classical wavefront sensors when they deal with sodium LGSs. This innovative sensor works by sensing the fu…
What is your favorite transient event? SOXS is almost ready to observe!
Kalyan Kumar Radhakrishnan Santhakumari, Federico Battaini, Simone Di Filippo +56
The Son Of X-Shooter (SOXS) will be the specialized facility to observe any transient event with a flexible scheduler at the ESO New Technology Telescope (NTT) at La Silla, Chile.…
The instrumentation program at the Large Binocular Telescope Observatory in 2024
Joseph C. Shields, Jason Chu, Albert Conrad +17
The Large Binocular Telescope, with its expansive collecting area, angular resolving power, and advanced optical design, provides a robust platform for development and operation of…
Characterisation of the Warm-Jupiter TOI-1130 system with CHEOPS and photo-dynamical approach
L. Borsato, D. Degen, A. Leleu +93
Among the thousands of exoplanets discovered to date, approximately a few hundred gas giants on short-period orbits are classified as "lonely" and only a few are in a multi-planet…
The PLATO Mission
Heike Rauer, Conny Aerts, Juan Cabrera +842
PLATO (PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars) is ESA's M3 mission designed to detect and characterise extrasolar planets and perform asteroseismic monitoring of a large numb…
An Ingot-like class of WaveFront Sensors for Laser Guide Stars
Roberto Ragazzoni, Elisa Portaluri, Davide Greggio +15
Full sky coverage Adaptive Optics on Extremely Large Telescopes requires the adoption of several Laser Guide Stars as references.With such large apertures, the apparent elongation…
Discovery of two warm mini-Neptunes with contrasting densities orbiting the young K3V star TOI-815
Angelica Psaridi, Hugh Osborn, François Bouchy +130
We present the discovery and characterization of two warm mini-Neptunes transiting the K3V star TOI-815 in a K-M binary system. Analysis of the spectra and rotation period reveal i…
The EBLM Project XI. Mass, radius and effective temperature measurements for 23 M-dwarf companions to solar-type stars observed with CHEOPS
M. I. Swayne, P. F. L. Maxted, A. H. M. J. Triaud +104
Observations of low-mass stars have frequently shown a disagreement between observed stellar radii and radii predicted by theoretical stellar structure models. This ``radius inflat…
MORFEO enters final design phase
Lorenzo Busoni, Guido Agapito, Alessandro Ballone +81
MORFEO (Multi-conjugate adaptive Optics Relay For ELT Observations, formerly MAORY), the MCAO system for the ELT, will provide diffraction-limited optical quality to the large fiel…
Prospects for annihilating dark matter from M31 and M33 observations with the Cherenkov Telescope Array
Miltiadis Michailidis, Lorenzo Marafatto, Denys Malyshev +8
M31 and M33 are the closest spiral galaxies and the largest members (together with the Milky Way) of the Local group, which makes them interesting targets for indirect dark matter…
TOI-1055 b: Neptunian planet characterised with HARPS, TESS, and CHEOPS
A. Bonfanti, D. Gandolfi, J. A. Egger +89
TOI-1055 is a Sun-like star known to host a transiting Neptune-sized planet on a 17.5-day orbit (TOI-1055 b). Radial velocity (RV) analyses carried out by two independent groups us…
55 Cancri e's occultation captured with CHEOPS
B. -O. Demory, S. Sulis, E. Meier Valdes +73
Past occultation and phase-curve observations of the ultra-short period super-Earth 55 Cnc e obtained at visible and infrared wavelengths have been challenging to reconcile with a…
The Ingot WFS ON an ELT-like telescope: the project and simulations
Elisa Portaluri, Simone Di Filippo, Valentina Viotto +12
The Ingot WFS represents an innovative and indispensable class of sensors conceived to overcome some limitations due to the LGSs geometry, which is significantly different from the…
Laboratory testing of the Ingot WFS
Simone Di Filippo, Davide Greggio, Maria Bergomi +9
The ingot WFS is a new kind of wavefront sensor specifically designed to deal with the elongation of LGS reference sources on ELT-class telescopes. Like the pyramid, it belongs to…
SOXS AIT: a paradigm for system engineering of a medium class telescope instrument
Riccardo Claudi, Kalyan Radhakrishnan, Federico Battaini +40
SOXS (SOn of X-Shooter) is a high-efficiency spectrograph with a mean Resolution-Slit product of 3500 over the entire band capable of simultaneously observing the complete spectral…
From Assembly to the Complete Integration and Verification of the SOXS Common Path
Kalyan Kumar Radhakrishnan Santhakumari, Federico Battaini, Riccardo Claudi +50
The Son Of X-Shooter (SOXS) is a single object spectrograph offering simultaneous spectral coverage in UV-VIS (350-850 nm) and NIR (800-2000 nm) wavelength regimes with an average…
A stellar occultation by the transneptunian object (50000) Quaoar observed by CHEOPS
B. E. Morgado, G. Bruno, A. R. Gomes-Júnior +82
Stellar occultation is a powerful technique that allows the determination of some physical parameters of the occulting object. The result depends on the photometric accuracy, the t…