METIS: The Mid-infrared ELT Imager and Spectrograph

Autor(en)
Bernhard Brandl, F. Bettonvil, Roy von Boekel, A. Glauser, S. Quanz, Manuel Güdel,
Abstrakt

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(en)
Institut für Astrophysik
Externe Organisation(en)
Leiden University, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie
Journal
The Messenger
Band
182
Seiten
22-26
ISSN
0722-6691
DOI
https://doi.org/10.18727/0722-6691/5218
Publikationsdatum
03-2021
ÖFOS 2012
103003 Astronomie, 103004 Astrophysik, 103038 Weltraumforschung
Schlagwörter
Link zum Portal
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/1a411a89-dd80-49dc-aa74-420d027f6394