Mid-IR Water-Vapor Seeing: Implications for ELT/METIS High-Contrast Imaging from VLTI Data
astro-ph.IM, astro-ph.EP
Submitted: 2026-10-10
Updated: 2026-10-10
Sources
- Impact of water vapor seeing on mid-infrared high-contrast imaging at ELT scale
- Maximising the mid-infrared high-contrast performance of ELT/METIS despite water vapour seeing
- Towards a Better Understanding of OPD Limitations for Higher Sensitivity and Contrast at the VLTI
- Atmospheric refractivity effects on mid-infrared ELT adaptive optics
- Asgard/NOTT: water vapor and CO$_2$ atmospheric dispersion compensation system
- ALF: an asymmetric Lyot wavefront sensor for the ELT/METIS vortex coronagraph
- All-sky homogeneity of precipitable water vapour over Paranal
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