Speaker
Heidi Korhonen
Description
ESO operates the world’s leading ground-based optical and
infrared observatories. The groundbreaking science they deliver relies
on an ambitious suite of instruments developed by ESO and international
consortia. In this talk, I will provide an overview of the current
instrumentation at ESO’s La Silla Paranal Observatory, as well as the
new facilities that will come online in the near future. These plans
include ongoing instrument upgrades such as GRAVITY+ and FORS-Up, as
well as entirely new instruments like MOONS and SOXS. I will conclude
with a look at the instrumentation for the “biggest eye on the sky,” the
ELT, focusing on the two first-light instruments that are most advanced
in construction: METIS and MICADO.