Mid-infrared astronomy with the E-ELT: Performance of METIS

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7735, Issue PART 1, 2010, Pages

  Kendrew, S ^a   Jolissaint, L ^a   Brandl, B ^a   Lenzen, R ^b   Pantin, E ^c   Glasse, A ^d   Blommaert, J ^e   Venema, L ^f   Siebenmorgen, R ^g   Molster, F ^h  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^c CEA SACLAY   (France)

^d UK ASTRONOMY TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^f ASTRON   (Netherlands)

^g EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^h NOVA   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

extremely large telescopes; imaging; infrared astronomy; infrared instrumentation; simulation; spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EXTREMELY LARGE TELESCOPES; IMAGING; INFRARED ASTRONOMY; INFRARED INSTRUMENTATION; SIMULATION;

INFRARED DEVICES; INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 78149236786     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.857043     Document Type: Conference Paper

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