Near IR Astronomy with the ESO VLT

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Jul 1998

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NICMOS and the VLT: A New Era of High Resolution Near Infrared Imaging and Spectroscopy, Pula, Sardinia, Italy, June 26-27th 199

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The ESO VLT situated on Cerro Paranal in Chile comprises four 8.2m plus three 1.8m movable auxiliary telescopes providing 8 Nasmyth, 4 Cassegrain, and 1 incoherent combined focus plus a variety of interferometric options. First light was achieved with the first unit telescope (UT1) on 25th May 1998 with results which fully demonstrate the quality of both the telescope and the site. Six infrared instruments for the unit telescope foci plus three for interferometry are at various phases of design and development. Together, they provide for direct imaging in wide fields; diffraction limited imaging with adaptive optics and interferometry; polarimetry; long slit, multi-object and integral field spectroscopy at resolving powers ranging from a few hundred to 10^5. The status and expected capabilities of these instruments is summarized together with a brief overview of the highest priority science goals which can be anticipated now.

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