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The Mid-infrared ELT Imager and Spectrograph (METIS) will provide the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) with a unique window to the thermal- and mid-infrared (3 - 13 microns). Its single-conjugate adaptive optics (SCAO) system will enable…

In this article we identify and discuss various statistical and systematic effects influencing the astrometric accuracy achievable with MICADO, the near-infrared imaging camera proposed for the 42-metre European Extremely Large Telescope…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 S. Trippe , R. Davies , F. Eisenhauer , N. M. Foerster Schreiber , T. K. Fritz , R. Genzel

The highest scientific return, for adaptive optics (AO) observations, is achieved with a reliable reconstruction of the PSF. This is especially true for MICADO@ELT. In this presentation, we will focus on extending the MICADO PSF…

MAORY is the Multi-conjugate Adaptive Optics RelaY for the European ELT aimed at providing a 1 arcmin corrected field to MICADO, a near-infrared spectro-imager with a focus on astrometry. In this paper we re-view the main requirements and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-01 Lorenzo Busoni , Guido Agapito , Cedric Plantet , Sylvain Oberti , Christophe Verinaud , Miska Le Louarn , Simone Esposito , Paolo Ciliegi

The Mid-infrared ELT Imager and Spectrograph (METIS) is a first-generation instrument for the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), Europe's next-generation 39 m ground-based telescope for optical and infrared wavelengths. METIS will offer…

One of the key science goals for a diffraction limited imager on an Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) is the resolution of individual stars down to faint limits in distant galaxies. The aim of this study is to test the proposed capabilities…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 A. Deep , G. Fiorentino , E. Tolstoy , E. Diolaiti , M. Bellazzini , P. Ciliegi , R. I. Davies , J. -M. Conan

The EAGLE instrument is a Multi-Object Adaptive Optics (MOAO) fed, multiple Integral Field Spectrograph (IFS), working in the Near Infra-Red (NIR), on the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT). A Phase A design study was delivered to…

In 2006 ESO Council authorized a Phase B study of a European AO-telescope with a 42 m segmented primary with a 5-mirror design, the E-ELT. Several reports and working groups have already presented science cases for an E-ELT, specifically…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-18 Nils Ryde

METIS, the Mid-infrared ELT Imager and Spectrograph (formerly called MIDIR), is a proposed instrument for the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT), currently undergoing a phase-A study. The study is carried out within the framework of…

The achievement of $\mu$arcsec relative astrometry with ground-based, near infrared, extremely large telescopes requires a significant endeavour of calibration strategies. In this paper we address the removal of instrument optical…

The ELT is a 39m large, ground-based optical and near- to mid-infrared telescope under construction in the Chilean Atacama desert. Operation is planned to start around the middle of the next decade. All first light instruments will come…

MORFEO (Multi-conjugate adaptive Optics Relay For ELT Observation) is the future multi-conjugate adaptive optics system for the ESO ELT that will feed the instrument MICADO (Multi-AO Imaging Camera for Deep Observations). It will use the 6…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-24 Guido Agapito , Lorenzo Busoni , Cédric Plantet , Giulia Carlà , Marco Bonaglia , Paolo Ciliegi

We present our investigation into the impact of wavefront errors on high accuracy astrometry using Fourier Optics. MICADO, the upcoming near-IR imaging instrument for the Extremely Large Telescope, will offer capabilities for relative…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-15 J. A. van den Born , W. Jellema , R. Navarro , E. Tolstoy , B. Jayawardhana , A. W. Janssen

We present results of performance modelling for METIS, the Mid-infrared European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) Imager and Spectrograph. Designed by a consortium of NOVA (Netherlands), UK Astronomy Technology Centre (UK), MPIA Heidelberg…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Sarah Kendrew , Laurent Jolissaint , Bernhard Brandl , Rainer Lenzen , Eric Pantin , Alistair Glasse , Joris Blommaert , Lars Venema , Ralf Siebenmorgen , Frank Molster

METIS, the Mid-Infrared ELT Imager and Spectrograph, is one of the four first-generation ELT instruments scheduled to see first light in 2028. Its two main science modules are supported by an adaptive optics system featuring a pyramid…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-23 Markus Feldt , Horst Steuer , Carlos Correia , Andreas Obereder , Stefan Raffetseder , Thomas Bertram , Julia Shatokina , Faustine Cantalloube

METIS will be among the first generation of scientific instruments on the E-ELT. Focusing on highest angular resolution and high spectral resolution, METIS will provide diffraction limited imaging and coronagraphy from 3-14um over an…

The Multiconjugate adaptive Optic Relay For ELT Observations (MORFEO, formerly known as MAORY) is the adaptive optics (AO) module for the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) aimed at providing a 1 arcmin corrected field to the Multi-AO Imaging…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-01 Guido Agapito , Lorenzo Busoni , Giulia Carlà , Cédric Plantet , Simone Esposito , Paolo Ciliegi

The EAGLE and EVE Phase A studies for instruments for the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) originated from related top-level scientific questions, but employed different (yet complementary) methods to deliver the required…

MAORY is the adaptive optics module of the E-ELT that will feed the MICADO imaging camera through a gravity invariant exit port. MAORY has been foreseen to implement MCAO correction through three high order deformable mirrors driven by the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Carmelo Arcidiacono , Laura Schreiber , Giovanni Bregoli , Emiliano Diolaiti , Italo Foppiani , Giuseppe Cosentino , Matteo Lombini , R. C. Butler , Paolo Ciliegi

The Multiconjugate Adaptive Optics RelaY (MAORY) is and Adaptive Optics module to be mounted on the ESO European-Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT). It is a hybrid Natural and Laser Guide System that will perform the correction of the…