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== Partnership == Although located at Paranal Observatory, NGTS is not in fact operated by ESO, but by a consortium of seven academic institutions from Chile, Germany, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom:
DLR, Institute for Planetary Research Geneva Observatory Queen's University Belfast University of Cambridge University of Chile University of Leicester University of Warwick
== Results == On 31 October 2017, the discovery of NGTS-1b, a confirmed hot Jupiter-sized extrasolar planet orbiting NGTS-1, an M-dwarf star, about half the mass and radius of the Sun, every 2.65 days, was reported by the survey team. Daniel Bayliss, of the University of Warwick, and lead author of the study describing the discovery of NGTS-1b, stated, "The discovery of NGTS-1b was a complete surprise to us—such massive planets were not thought to exist around such small stars – importantly, our challenge now is to find out how common these types of planets are in the Galaxy, and with the new Next-Generation Transit Survey facility we are well-placed to do just that." On 3 September 2018, the discovery of NGTS-4b, a sub-Neptune-sized planet transiting a 13th magnitude K-dwarf in a 1.34 day orbit. NGTS-4b has a mass 20.6 ± 3.0 M🜨 and radius 3.18 ± 0.26 R🜨, which places it well within the so-called "Neptunian desert". The mean density of the planet (3.45 ± 0.95 g cm−3) is consistent with a composition of 100% H2O or a rocky core with a volatile envelope.
== Discoveries ==
=== Planets === This is a list of planets discovered by this survey. This list is incomplete, and requires more information.
=== Brown dwarfs === In addition, the survey has discovered three brown dwarfs.
== See also == List of extrasolar planets
=== Other exoplanet search projects ===
HATNet Project (HAT) Miniature Exoplanet Radial Velocity Array (MINERVA) Kilodegree Extremely Little Telescope (KELT) Trans-Atlantic Exoplanet Survey (TrES) Wide Angle Search for Planets (WASP and SuperWASP) XO Telescope Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics (MOA) Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE) Anglo-Australian Planet Search (AAPS) Cool Companions on Ultrawide Orbits (COCONUTS) Transiting Planets and Planetesimals Small Telescope (TRAPPIST) Search for Habitable Planets Eclipsing Ultra-cool Stars (SPECULOOS)
== Notes ==
== References ==
== External links == Official website Media related to Next-Generation Transit Survey at Wikimedia Commons The Next Generation Transit Survey Becomes Operational at Paranal, ESO archive, The Messenger 165 – September 2016