I am a Project Scientist for the NEID spectrograph, which is a newly-commissioned ultra-precise Doppler spectrograph on the 3.5-meter WIYN Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona. The NEID design leverages significant heritage from the HPF spectrograph. NEID is now in full science operations, and consistently demonstrates on-sky radial velocity measurement precision significantly better than 1 meter per second.
NEID RVs of the Doppler standard star tau Ceti. Over more than a year of observations, NEID’s measurement stability is better than 1 meter per second.
The NEID Science Team is now conducting the NEID Earth Twin Survey, or NETS. We are surveying bright, nearby stars to search for new low-mass exoplanets, potentially within the liquid-water Habitable Zone. You can follow NEID’s latest science updates on the NEID blog.