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Characterizing Stellar and Exoplanetary Environments

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A large number instruments have specifically been developed to detect, and study extrasolar planets. The number of new, ground-based instruments is already so large that it is not possible discussing them adequately in just one article. I will therefor just outline what the new concepts are, and mention only a few examples that demonstrate what the new instruments will offer to us.

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    The same can also be done by observing the transit photometrically in one, or several colours, but this can be taken as just a special case of low-resolution spectroscopy.

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I am thankful to José A. Caballero and Roman Follert for their suggestions to the article. Moreover, I acknowledge the support by the International Space Science Institute (ISSI) in Bern, Switzerland and the ISSI team Characterizing stellar- and exoplanetary environments.

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Guenther, E.W. (2015). Ground-Based Exoplanet Projects. In: Lammer, H., Khodachenko, M. (eds) Characterizing Stellar and Exoplanetary Environments. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 411. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09749-7_15

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