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most citedX-shooter, the new wide band intermediate resolution spectrograph at the ESO Very Large Telescope

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21 papers

astro-ph.IM2024★ 5 cited

The MICADO first light imager for the ELT: off-axis performance of PSF reconstruction

Matteo Simioni, Daniel Jodlbauer, Carmelo Arcidiacono +14

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 present…

astro-ph.IM2022

ABORAS: polarimetric, 10cm/s RV observations of the Sun as a star

Casper Farret Jentink, Annelies Mortier, Frans Snik +4

We present a description of A dual-Beam pOlarimetric Robotic Aperture for the Sun (ABORAS), to serve as a Solar input with a dedicated Stokes V polarimeter for the HARPS3 high-reso…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 12 cited

Mid-infrared circumstellar emission of the long-period Cepheid l Carinae resolved with VLTI/MATISSE

V. Hocdé, N. Nardetto, A. Matter +149

The nature of circumstellar envelopes (CSE) around Cepheids is still a matter of debate. The physical origin of their infrared (IR) excess could be either a shell of ionized gas, o…

astro-ph.IM2020

MOSAIC: the high-multiplex and multi-IFU spectrograph for the ELT

Rubén Sánchez-Janssen, Francois Hammer, Simon Morris +40

MOSAIC is the planned multi-object spectrograph for the 39m Extremely Large Telescope (ELT). Conceived as a multi-purpose instrument, it offers both high multiplex and multi-IFU ca…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 43 cited

The asymmetric inner disk of the Herbig Ae star HD 163296 in the eyes of VLTI/MATISSE: evidence for a vortex?

J. Varga, M. Hogerheijde, R. van Boekel +133

Context. The inner few au region of planet-forming disks is a complex environment. High angular resolution observations have a key role in understanding the disk structure and the…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 2 cited

A Fourier optics approach to evaluate the astrometric performance of MICADO

J. A. van den Born, W. Jellema, R. Navarro +3

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…

astro-ph.IM2019★ 311 cited

4MOST: Project overview and information for the First Call for Proposals

R. S. de Jong, O. Agertz, A. Agudo Berbel +335

We introduce the 4-metre Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope (4MOST), a new high-multiplex, wide-field spectroscopic survey facility under development for the four-metre-class Vis…

astro-ph.IM2018

The MICADO first light imager for the ELT: overview, operation, simulation

Richard Davies, João Alves, Yann Clénet +98

MICADO will enable the ELT to perform diffraction limited near-infrared observations at first light. The instrument's capabilities focus on imaging (including astrometric and high…

astro-ph.IM2018

The ELT-MOS (MOSAIC): towards the construction phase

Simon Morris, François Hammer, Pascal Jagourel +50

When combined with the huge collecting area of the ELT, MOSAIC will be the most effective and flexible Multi-Object Spectrograph (MOS) facility in the world, having both a high mul…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 37 cited

HARPS3 for a Roboticized Isaac Newton Telescope

Samantha J. Thompson, Didier Queloz, Isabelle Baraffe +25

We present a description of a new instrument development, HARPS3, planned to be installed on an upgraded and roboticized Isaac Newton Telescope by end-2018. HARPS3 will be a high r…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 6 cited

High-precision astrometry towards ELTs

Davide Massari, Giuliana Fiorentino, Eline Tolstoy +13

With the aim of paving the road for future accurate astrometry with MICADO at the European-ELT, we performed an astrometric study using two different but complementary approaches t…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 25 cited

MICADO: first light imager for the E-ELT

R. Davies, J. Schubert, M. Hartl +80

MICADO will equip the E-ELT with a first light capability for diffraction limited imaging at near-infrared wavelengths. The instrument's observing modes focus on various flavours o…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 85 cited

Project overview and update on WEAVE: the next generation wide-field spectroscopy facility for the William Herschel Telescope

Gavin Dalton, Scott Trager, Don Carlos Abrams +50

We present an overview of and status report on the WEAVE next-generation spectroscopy facility for the William Herschel Telescope (WHT). WEAVE principally targets optical ground-ba…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 8 cited

4MOST - 4m Multi Object Spectroscopic Telescope

Eric Depagne, the 4MOST consortium

4MOST (4m Multi Object Spectroscopic Telescope) is a spectroscopic facility that will be installed on ESO's VISTA around 2020. The science rationale of this facility are to be foun…

astro-ph.IM2012★ 26 cited

MOONS: a Multi-Object Optical and Near-infrared Spectrograph for the VLT

M. Cirasuolo, J. Afonso, R. Bender +77

MOONS is a new conceptual design for a Multi-Object Optical and Near-infrared Spectrograph for the Very Large Telescope (VLT), selected by ESO for a Phase A study. The baseline des…

astro-ph.EP2012★ 15 cited

Ground-based search for the brightest transiting planets with the Multi-site All-Sky CAmeRA - MASCARA

Ignas Snellen, Remko Stuik, Ramon Navarro +6

The Multi-site All-sky CAmeRA MASCARA is an instrument concept consisting of several stations across the globe, with each station containing a battery of low-cost cameras to monito…

astro-ph.IM2012★ 31 cited

Design of a Full-Stokes Polarimeter for VLT/X-shooter

Frans Snik, Gerard van Harten, Ramon Navarro +3

X-shooter is one of the most popular instruments at the VLT, offering instantaneous spectroscopy from 300 to 2500 nm. We present the design of a single polarimetric unit at the pol…

astro-ph.IM2012★ 6 cited

Multi-Object Spectroscopy with the European ELT: Scientific synergies between EAGLE & EVE

C. J. Evans, B. Barbuy, P. Bonifacio +29

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…

astro-ph.IM2012★ 196 cited

4MOST - 4-metre Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope

Roelof S. de Jong, Olga Bellido-Tirado, Cristina Chiappini +82

The 4MOST consortium is currently halfway through a Conceptual Design study for ESO with the aim to develop a wide-field (>3 square degree, goal >5 square degree), high-multiplex (…

astro-ph.IM2011★ 1.2k cited

X-shooter, the new wide band intermediate resolution spectrograph at the ESO Very Large Telescope

Joel Vernet, H. Dekker, S. D'Odorico +87

X-shooter is the first 2nd generation instrument of the ESO Very Large Telescope(VLT). It is a very efficient, single-target, intermediate-resolution spectrograph that was installe…

astro-ph.IM2010★ 71 cited

MICADO: the E-ELT Adaptive Optics Imaging Camera

R. Davies, MICADO Team

MICADO is the adaptive optics imaging camera for the E-ELT. It has been designed and optimised to be mounted to the LGS-MCAO system MAORY, and will provide diffraction limited imag…