TRAPPIST telescope. View of the Milky Way over the open dome of the new TRAPPIST (TRAnsiting Planets and PlanetesImals Small Telescope) telescope at ESO's (European Southern Observatory's) La Silla observatory in the Atacama Desert,Chile. La Silla is located at an altitude of 2400 metres. TRAPPIST is devoted to the study of planetary systems through two approaches: the detection and characterisation of planets located outside the Solar System (exoplanets) and the study of comets orbiting around the Sun. The 60-cm national telescope is operated from a control room in Liege,Belgium,12000 km away | |
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