ESPRESSO: The next European exoplanet hunter

15/01/2014
The Astronomische Nachrichten has published an article about the expected performance of ESPRESSO. The spectrograph will be installed at the Combined- Coudé Laboratory of the VLT and linked to the four 8.2 m Unit Telescopes (UT) through four optical Coudé trains. ESPRESSO will combine efficiency and extreme spectroscopic precision. The project passed the final design review in May 2013 and entered the manufacturing phase. ESPRESSO will be installed at the Paranal Observatory in 2016 and its operation is planned to start by the end of the same year. Download the paper for more information.