HARPS-N Operations and Observations
Summary
HARPS-N is the northern brother of ESO's High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher. It is installed and operated at the TNG telescope at the Roque de los Muchachos observatory on the island of La Palma. Its main purpose is to performe radial-velocity follow-up of Kepler planet candidates and to search for low-mass extra-solar planets in the habitable zone of their parent stars
Publications based on data obtained with the HARPS instrument should quote the following reference paper: Mayor, M. et al. 2003, The Messenger 114, 20 and to the upcoming paper by Cosentino et al, 2012, SPIE Proceeding of the Conference on Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation
Contact Information
- For information on observations at TNG we refer to the TNG dedicated web page.
- Please send us your comments, suggestions and report errors and inaccurate statements in the web pages and manuals.
- In case of operational and performance question one may contact the HARPS-N@TNG Instrument Scientist.
General information
The following items are available on all the HARPS pages, using the bar on the left.
- Instrument description: All the important parameters of the instrument
- SPIE paper: Paper describing the instrument and preliminary perfomances
- HARPS-N solar telescope: announcement of the solar data release scheduled for 18 July 2020
The Users' pages: Essential observing information and tools
The following items are available on all the HARPS pages, using the bar on the left.
- Instructions to Observers and Users' news: list of changes affecting observations and performances
- User manual: Link to the HARPS-N User Manual (hosted and maintained at TNG)
- NSTS: Observation preparation tool and exposure-time calculator (ETC). User Manual is here.
- Check the astroclimatic conditions at TNG.
Technical pages
The following items are available on all the HARPS pages, using the bar on the left.
- Logbook: List of events, maintenance tasks and changes affecting the instrument and its performances.
- Technical manuals: Links to all the documents related to HARPS.
- Telemetry: Follow-up of environmental sensors
- Performances: Follow-up of instrument performances and characteristics
- Maintenance: Follow-up of corrective maintenance tasks, changes and upgrades
