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Infrastructure Details
Acronym
SELTIC
Name of national/international infrastructure this infrastructure belongs to
Swedish ELT Instrumentation Consortium (SELTIC). SELTIC is operated from Stockholm University with participation from the universities in Uppsala and Lund.
Description
The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) is being developed by the European Southern Observatory (ESO), where Sweden is one of 16 member countries. The telescope is being constructed in Chile and, with a diameter of 39 m, will be the world’s largest optical/infrared telescope.
Researchers from Sweden are currently involved in the development of two of the instruments at ELT: HIRES and MOSAIC, through the SELTIC consortium.
Using ELT, researchers in astronomy and astrophysics will be able to study features such as exoplanets, star populations, super-massive black holes and our early universe. The MOSAIC instrument will have a broad area of use, and will enable observations of both stars at the centre of the Milky Way as well
as the most distant galaxies in the universe. This will make it possible to study the development of galaxies and how matter spreads in the universe.
Researchers from Sweden are currently involved in the development of two of the instruments at ELT: HIRES and MOSAIC, through the SELTIC consortium.
Using ELT, researchers in astronomy and astrophysics will be able to study features such as exoplanets, star populations, super-massive black holes and our early universe. The MOSAIC instrument will have a broad area of use, and will enable observations of both stars at the centre of the Milky Way as well
as the most distant galaxies in the universe. This will make it possible to study the development of galaxies and how matter spreads in the universe.
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
Type of infrastructure
- Equipment
- Digital collections
Infrastructure programme
- Infrastructure of national interest (Swedish Research Council)
Projects
- 1 Active