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Communication Dans Un Congrès Année : 2018

Overview of the European Extremely Large Telescope and its instrument suite

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The European Extremely Large Telescope will see first lights by the end of 2024. With a diameter of almost 40 meters, it will be the biggest optical telescope ever built from the ground. The ELT will open a brand new window in a sensitivity / spatial angular resolution parameter space. To take the full benefit of the scientific potential of this giant, all the instruments will be equipped with Adaptive Optics (AO), providing the sharpest images. This paper provides a quick overview of the AO capabilities of the future instruments to be deployed at the ELT, highlight some of the expected performance and describe a couple of technical challenges that are still to tackle for an optimal scientific use. This paper has been presented at the "Societe Francaise d'Astronomie et Astrophysique" symposium in Bordeaux 2018, it is then naturally biased toward the French contribution for the ELT.

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hal-02361221 , version 1 (13-11-2019)

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B. Neichel, D. Mouillet, E. Gendron, C. Correia, J. F. Sauvage, et al.. Overview of the European Extremely Large Telescope and its instrument suite. SF2A, May 2018, Bordeaux, France. ⟨hal-02361221⟩
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