The Messenger Instrumentation

FORS-Up: May the FORS Be With Us For Another 15 Years

No. 183 (July 2021), 18–19

Authors
  • Boffin, Henri M. J. [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Derie, Frédéric [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Manescau, Antonio [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Siebenmorgen, Ralf [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Baldini, Veronica [INAF–Astronomical Observatory of Trieste, Italy]
  • Calderone, Giorgio [INAF–Astronomical Observatory of Trieste, Italy]
  • Cirami, Roberto [INAF–Astronomical Observatory of Trieste, Italy]
  • Coretti, Igor [INAF–Astronomical Observatory of Trieste, Italy]
  • Del Valle Izquierdo, Diego [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Di Marcantonio, Paolo [INAF–Astronomical Observatory of Trieste, Italy]
  • Gutierrez Cheetham, Pablo [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Haddad, Nicolás [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Hopgood, Joshua [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Kolsmanski, Johan [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Modigliani, Andrea [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Lilley, Paul [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Moehler, Sabine [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Nonino, Mario [INAF–Astronomical Observatory of Trieste, Italy]
  • Rupprecht, Gero [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
  • Silber, Armin [European Southern Observatory (ESO)]
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Section
Instrumentation
Abstract

The FORS Upgrade project (FORS-Up) will extend the life of the popular workhorse instrument attached to ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), FORS2. The project — a collaboration between ESO and INAF–Astronomical Observatory of Trieste — aims to bring to the telescope, in about three years’ time, a refurbished instrument with a new scientific detector, upgraded instrument control software and electronics based on ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) standard technologies, a new calibration unit, and additional filters and grisms.

DOI
Bibcode
2021Msngr.183...18B
Dates
Created: 2021-06-01/2021-06-30
Length
2 pages
Rights
Copyright European Southern Observatory

Cite this article:

Boffin, H., Derie, F., Manescau, A., Siebenmorgen, R., Baldini, V., Calderone, G., Cirami, R., Coretti, I., Del Valle Izquierdo, D., Di Marcantonio, P., Gutierrez Cheetham, P., Haddad, N., Hopgood, J., Kolsmanski, J., Modigliani, A., Lilley, P., Moehler, S., Nonino, M., Rupprecht, G., Silber, A.; FORS-Up: May the FORS Be With Us For Another 15 Years. The Messenger 183 (July 2021): 18–19. https://doi.org/10.18727/0722-6691/5230