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20102026
most citedThe Enhanced Resolution Imager and Spectrograph for the VLT

42 citations · 62 across the 8 of their papers we have counts for

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9 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

Dual and lensed AGN at sub-arcsecond separations uncovered by ERIS

M. V. Zanchettin, F. Mannucci, Q. D'Amato +62

We present the first results of the ongoing INAF GTO program focused on the search of sub-arcsecond dual AGN, carried out with the near-infrared integral-field unit SPIFFIER of the…

astro-ph.IM2026

MORFEO: Advancing Towards Final Design

Lorenzo Busoni, Guido Agapito, Marco Bonaglia +106

The Multiconjugate adaptive Optics Relay For ELT Observations (MORFEO) is a first-generation adaptive optics module for the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), designed to deliver a d…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 1 cited

The gas streamer G1-2-3 in the Galactic Center

S. Gillessen, F. Eisenhauer, J. Cuadra +61

The black hole in the Galactic Center, Sgr A*, is prototypical for ultra-low-fed galactic nuclei. The discovery of a hand-full of gas clumps in the realm of a few Earth masses in i…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 5 cited

High-contrast spectroscopy with the new VLT/ERIS instrument: Molecular maps and radial velocity of the gas giant AF Lep b

Jean Hayoz, Markus Johannes Bonse, Felix Dannert +66

The Enhanced Resolution Imager and Spectrograph (ERIS) is the new Adaptive-Optics (AO) assisted Infrared instrument at the Very Large Telescope (VLT). Its refurbished Integral Fiel…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 2 cited

MORFEO enters final design phase

Lorenzo Busoni, Guido Agapito, Alessandro Ballone +81

MORFEO (Multi-conjugate adaptive Optics Relay For ELT Observations, formerly MAORY), the MCAO system for the ELT, will provide diffraction-limited optical quality to the large fiel…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 42 cited

The Enhanced Resolution Imager and Spectrograph for the VLT

R. Davies, O. Absil, G. Agapito +81

ERIS, the Enhanced Resolution Imager and Spectrograph, is an instrument that both extends and enhances the fundamental diffraction limited imaging and spectroscopy capability for t…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 7 cited

MAORY: A Multi-conjugate Adaptive Optics RelaY for ELT

Paolo Ciliegi, Guido Agapito, Matteo Aliverti +73

MAORY is the adaptive optics module for ELT providing two gravity invariant ports with the same optical quality for two different client instruments. It enable high angular resolut…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 5 cited

ERIS: revitalising an adaptive optics instrument for the VLT

Richard Davies, Simone Esposito, Hans Martin Schmid +63

ERIS is an instrument that will both extend and enhance the fundamental diffraction limited imaging and spectroscopy capability for the VLT. It will replace two instruments that ar…

astro-ph.IM2010

Autonomous Observations in Antarctica with AMICA

Gianluca Di Rico, Maurizio Ragni, Mauro Dolci +11

The Antarctic Multiband Infrared Camera (AMICA) is a double channel camera operating in the 2-28 micron infrared domain (KLMNQ bands) that will allow to characterize and exploit th…