PLATOSpec
PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars Spectrograph
BlueShadows formed part of the PLATOSpec Consortium, participating in the software development of this high-resolution echelle spectrograph that saw its first light in November 2024.
The PLATOSpec instrument is the successor of PUCHEROS+ at the ESO 1.52 m telescope.
PLATOSpec: a precise spectrograph in support of space missions
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 545, Issue 1, January 2026, staf1972. Check out here.
The aim of the PLATOSpec project is to perform science with an echelle spectrograph capable of measuring precise radial velocities. The main focus of the spectrograph will be to perform the initial screening and validation of exoplanetary candidates, in addition to study stellar variability. It will be possible to determine the physical properties of large exoplanets. The PLATOSpec blue-sensitive spectrograph, with a spectral range of 380–700 nm and a resolving power of R = 70000, is installed on the 1.5m telescope at the ESO La Silla Observatory in Chile.
If you want to know more about this project, please check out this link.