Near-InfraRed Planet Searcher to Join HARPS on the ESO 3.6-metre Telescope

The Near-InfraRed PlanetSearcher (NIRPS) is a new ultra-stable infrared (YJH) spectrographthat will be installed on ESO's 3.6- metreTelescope in La Silla, Chile. Aiming to achieve a precision of 1 m s-1, NIRPS is designed to find rocky planetsorbiting M dwarfs, and will operate together with the High Accuracy Radial velocity PlanetSearcher ( HARPS), also on the 3.6- metreTelescope. In this article we describe the NIRPS science cases and present its main technical characteristics.