Final design and status of the Mid-Infrared ELT Imager and Spectrograph, METIS

Bernhard R. Brandl; Olivier Absil; Markus Feldt; Paulo Garcia; Alistair Glasse; Manuel Guedel; Lucas Labadie; Michael Meyer; Éric Pantin; Sascha Quanz; Shiang-Yu Wang; Hans Van Winckel; Felix Bettonvil; Adrian Glauser; Roy van Boekel; Chad Salo; Silvia Scheithauer; Remko Stuik; Christoph Haupt; Ralf Siebenmorgen

doi:10.1117/12.3018975

19 July 2024 Final design and status of the Mid-Infrared ELT Imager and Spectrograph, METIS

Bernhard R. Brandl, Olivier Absil, Markus Feldt, Paulo Garcia, Alistair Glasse, Manuel Guedel, Lucas Labadie, Michael Meyer, Éric Pantin, Sascha Quanz, Shiang-Yu Wang, Hans Van Winckel, Felix Bettonvil, Adrian Glauser, Roy van Boekel, Chad Salo, Silvia Scheithauer, Remko Stuik, Christoph Haupt, Ralf Siebenmorgen

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Proceedings Volume 13096, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy X; 1309612 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018975
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2024, Yokohama, Japan

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The Mid-Infrared ELT Imager and Spectrograph (METIS) will be one of only three 1st generation science instruments on the 39m Extremely Large Telescope (ELT). METIS will provide diffraction-limited imaging and medium resolution slit-spectroscopy from 3 – 13 microns (L, M, and N bands), as well as high resolution (R ~100,000) integral field spectroscopy from 2.9 – 5.3 microns. Both imaging and IFU spectroscopy can be combined with coronagraphic techniques. After the final design reviews of the optics (2021) and the entire system (2022), the hardware procurements have started. In this paper we present the final design of METIS and provide an overview of the various ongoing activities. Many hardware components are already in hand, and the manufacturing is in full swing in order to start the assembly and testing of the subsystems in 2024. We also discuss the complex assembly and test phase of the system, for which a dedicated facility is currently being prepared. First light at the telescope is expected in 2028.

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Bernhard R. Brandl, Olivier Absil, Markus Feldt, Paulo Garcia, Alistair Glasse, Manuel Guedel, Lucas Labadie, Michael Meyer, Éric Pantin, Sascha Quanz, Shiang-Yu Wang, Hans Van Winckel, Felix Bettonvil, Adrian Glauser, Roy van Boekel, Chad Salo, Silvia Scheithauer, Remko Stuik, Christoph Haupt, and Ralf Siebenmorgen "Final design and status of the Mid-Infrared ELT Imager and Spectrograph, METIS", Proc. SPIE 13096, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy X, 1309612 (19 July 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018975

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