METIS: The Mid-infrared ELT Imager and Spectrograph
- Author(s)
- Bernhard Brandl, F. Bettonvil, Roy von Boekel, A. Glauser, S. Quanz, Manuel Güdel,
- Abstract
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 µm). Its single-conjugate adaptive optics (SCAO) system will enable high contrast imaging and integral field unit (IFU) spectroscopy (R ~ 100 000) at the diffraction limit of the ELT. This article describes the science drivers, conceptual design, observing modes, and expected performance of METIS.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Astrophysics
- External organisation(s)
- Leiden University, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie
- Journal
- The Messenger
- Volume
- 182
- Pages
- 22-26
- ISSN
- 0722-6691
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.18727/0722-6691/5218
- Publication date
- 03-2021
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 103003 Astronomy, 103004 Astrophysics, 103038 Space exploration
- Keywords
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/1a411a89-dd80-49dc-aa74-420d027f6394