Massive stars in the era of ELTs

Abstract

Plans for the next generation of optical-infrared telescopes, the Extremely Large Telescopes (ELTs), are well advanced. With primary apertures in excess of 20m, they will revolutionise our ground-based capabilities. In this review I summarise the three current ELT projects, their instrumentation plans, and discuss their science case and potential performance in the context of studies of massive stars.

12 pages, 7 figures, invited review to 39th Liege Astrophysical Colloquium, `The multi-wavelength view of hot, massive stars'