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most citedGRAVITY: getting to the event horizon of Sgr A*

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astro-ph.IM2012★ 15 cited

GRAVITY: metrology

S. Gillessen, M. Lippa, F. Eisenhauer +10

GRAVITY is a second generation VLTI instrument, combining the light of four telescopes and two objects simultaneously. The main goal is to obtain astrometrically accurate informati…

astro-ph.IM2010★ 9 cited

The Fringe Detection Laser Metrology for the GRAVITY Interferometer at the VLTI

H. Bartko, S. Gillessen, S. Rabien +19

Interferometric measurements of optical path length differences of stars over large baselines can deliver extremely accurate astrometric data. The interferometer GRAVITY will simul…

astro-ph.IM2010★ 56 cited

GRAVITY: a four-telescope beam combiner instrument for the VLTI

S. Gillessen, F. Eisenhauer, G. Perrin +60

GRAVITY is an adaptive optics assisted Beam Combiner for the second generation VLTI instrumentation. The instrument will provide high-precision narrow-angle astrometry and phase-re…

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…

astro-ph.IM2009★ 3 cited

Science and Adaptive Optics Requirements of MICADO, the E-ELT adaptive optics imaging camera

R. Davies, the Micado team

MICADO is the adaptive optics imaging camera being studied for the E-ELT. Its design has been optimised for use with MCAO, but will have its own SCAO module for the initial operati…