MOSAIC at the ELT: a unique instrument for the largest ground-based telescope by Pelló, R, Puech, M, Prieto, É, Dalton, GB, Lewis, I, Gabarra, L, Lowe, A, Schallig, E, Schmoll, J, Terrett, D, York, A, MOSAIC Consortium

“…MOSAIC is the Multi-Object Spectrograph (MOS) for the 39m Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), with unique capabilities in terms of multiplex, wavelength coverage and spectral resolution. …”

A new era of spectroscopy: SINFONI, NIR integral field spectroscopy at the diffraction limit of an 8m telescope by Mengel, S, Eisenhauer, F, Tecza, M, Thatte, N, Roehrle, C, Bickert, K, Schreiber, J

“…SINFONI is the combination of two state-of-the art instruments, the integral field spectrometer SPIFFI, built by the Max-Planck-Institut fuer extraterrestrische Physik (MPE), and the adaptive optics (AO) system MACAO, built by the European Southern Observatory (ESO). It will allow a unique type of observations by delivering simultaneously high spatial resolution (pixel sizes 0.025arcsec to 0.25arcsec) and a moderate spectral resolution (R~2000 to R~4500), where the higher spectral resolution mode will allow for software OH suppression. …”

SINFONI: A near infrared AO assisted integral field spectrometer for the VLT by Thatte, N, Tecza, M, Eisenhauer, F, Mengel, S, Krabbe, A, Pak, S, Genzel, R, Bonaccini, D, Emsellem, E, Rigaut, F, Delabre, B, Monnet, G

“…SINFONI is a collaborative effort by the Max-Planck-Institut fur extraterrestrische Physik (MPE) and the European Southern Observatory (ESO).SINFONI will operate at the Cassegrain focus of Unit Telescope 1 (UT1) of the VLT, in conjunction with a Laser Guide Star (LGS) for almost complete sky coverage. …”

MUSE: A second-generation integral-field spectrograph for the VLT by McDermid, R, Bacon, R, Bauer, S, Boehn, P, Boudon, D, Brau-Nogue, S, Caillier, P, Capoani, L, Carollo, C, Champavert, N, Contini, T, Daguise, E, Delabre, B, Devriendt, J, Dreizler, S, Dubois, J, Dupieux, M, Dupin, J, Emsellem, E, Ferruit, P, Franx, M, Callou, G, Gerssen, J, Guiderdoni, B, Hahn, T

“…The Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) is a second-generation instrument in development for the Very Large Telescope (VLT) of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), due to begin operation in 2011/12. …”