Oukaïmeden Observatory ( obs. code : J43 ) is an astronomical observatory located in the commune of Oukaïmden in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco , where the Morocco Oukaimeden Sky Survey is conducted to observe small Solar System bodies .
7-787: Located in the Atlas Mountains, 2750 meters above sea level, the TRAPPIST -North telescope is a twin telescope of TRAPPIST-South located at the La Silla Observatory in Chile , both operated from Liège , Belgium, by the Space Center of the University of Liège . In May 2016, data from the telescopes helped identify TRAPPIST-1 . This article about a specific observatory, telescope or astronomical instrument
14-530: A company in Germany. The CCD camera was built by Finger Lakes Instrumentation (USA), providing a 22 x 22 arcminutes field of view. The camera is fitted with a double filter wheel, allowing 12 different filters and one clear position. The telescope condominium is a joint venture between the University of Liège , Belgium, and Geneva Observatory , Switzerland, and among other tasks, it specializes in searching for comets and exoplanets . In November 2010, it
21-534: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . TRAPPIST The Transiting Planets and Planetesimals Small Telescope ( TRAPPIST ) is the corporate name for a pair of Belgian optic robotic telescopes . TRAPPIST–South , which is situated high in the Chilean mountains at ESO's La Silla Observatory , came online in 2010, and TRAPPIST–North situated at the Oukaïmeden Observatory in
28-727: The Atlas Mountains in Morocco, came online in 2016. TRAPPIST is controlled from Liège , Belgium , with some autonomous features. It consists of two 60 cm (24 in) reflecting robotic telescopes located at the ESO La Silla Observatory (housed in the dome of the retired Swiss T70 telescope ) in Chile and at Oukaïmeden Observatory in Morocco. The 60 cm f/8 Ritchey–Chrétien design telescopes and New Technology Mount NTM-500 were built by ASTELCO Systems,
35-464: The University of Liège in Belgium , used the telescope to observe the ultracool dwarf star 2MASS J23062928-0502285, now also known as TRAPPIST-1 . By utilising transit photometry , they discovered seven terrestrial planets, at least three of which were Earth-sized, orbiting the star; the innermost two were found to be tidally locked to their host star while the outermost appears to lie either within
42-600: The system's habitable zone or just outside of it. The team published its findings in the May 2016 issue of the Nature journal. While TRAPPIST-1 is the only planetary system discovered by TRAPPIST, other planetary systems have been discovered by SPECULOOS and given SPECULOOS- n designations, with TRAPPIST-1 being SPECULOOS-1. As with the other space observation projects of the University of Liège like SPECULOOS , Transiting Planets and Planetesimals Small Telescope makes up
49-496: Was one of the few telescopes that observed a stellar occultation of the planetary body Eris , revealing that it may be smaller than Pluto , and it helped observe a stellar occultation by Makemake , when it passed in front of the star NOMAD 1181-0235723 . The observations of this event showed it lacked a significant atmosphere. A team of astronomers headed by Michaël Gillon , of the Institut d'Astrophysique et Géophysique at
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