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Massive stars in the era of ELTs

2010/09/22 by C. J. Evans, Evans, C. J.
Physics and Astronomy · #Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO) #FOS: Physical sciences #Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM) #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph.CO #astro-ph.IM

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1009.4483

12 pages, 7 figures, invited review to 39th Liege Astrophysical Colloquium, `The multi-wavelength view of hot, massive stars'

arxiv created 2010/09/22 · openalex publication_date 2010/09/22 · arxiv updated 2010/09/24 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

Plans for the next generation of optical-infrared telescopes, the Extremely Large Telescopes (ELTs), are well advanced. With primary apertures in excess of 20m, they will revolutionise our ground-based capabilities. In this review I summarise the three current ELT projects, their instrumentation plans, and discuss their science case and potential performance in the context of studies of massive stars.

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