Speaker
Dr
Antoine Merand
(ESO)
Description
By the year 2030, ESO’s ELT will be in full operation. The VLT, on the other hand, will remain Europe’s workhorse for ground base optical and infrared astronomy. The four 8-m telescopes, offering standalone, incoherent and coherent (i.e. interferometric) foci, is a unique facility now and will remain so for decades to come. I will present the current state of instruments occupying VLT various foci, as well as the planned developments (upgrades or upcoming new instruments). I will also present the developments which followed the June 2019 workshop “The VLT in 2030”, as well as the prospects to start future developments.
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Primary author
Dr
Antoine Merand
(ESO)
