Indian Astronomers Discover New Exoplanet
Recently, a team of Indian scientists from the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad, has discovered a new exoplanet orbiting too close to an evolved (aging) star. International collaborators from Europe and USA were also involved in the discovery.
The Discovery
- Telescope: The discovery was made using PRL Advanced Radial-velocity Abu-sky Search (PARAS) optical fiber-fed spectrograph, the first of its kind in India, on the 1.2 metre Telescope of PRL at its Mt. Abu Observatory (Rajasthan).
- Further follow-up measurements were obtained from TCES spectrograph (Germany). Also, independent photometric observations were obtained from PRL's 43-cm telescope at Mt. Abu.
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