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Title	The ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope Working Groups
Author(s)	Padovani, Paolo (European Southern Observ. ; Rome Observ.) ; Cirasuolo, Michele (European Southern Observ. ; Rome Observ.) ; van der Burg, Remco (European Southern Observ. ; Rome Observ.) ; Cantalloube, Faustine (Marseille, Lab. Astrophys.) ; George, Elizabeth (European Southern Observ. ; Rome Observ.) ; Kasper, Markus (European Southern Observ. ; Rome Observ.) ; Leschinski, Kieran (U. Vienna (main)) ; Martins, Carlos (Porto U.) ; Milli, Julien (IPAG) ; Möhler, Sabine (European Southern Observ. ; Rome Observ.) ; Neeser, Mark (European Southern Observ. ; Rome Observ.) ; Neichel, Benoît (Marseille, Lab. Astrophys.) ; Otarola, Angel (European Southern Observ. ; Rome Observ.) ; Sánchez-Janssen, Rubén (Edinburgh U., Inst. Astron.) ; Serra, Benoît (European Southern Observ. ; Rome Observ.) ; Smette, Alain (European Southern Observ. ; Rome Observ.) ; Valenti, Elena (European Southern Observ. ; Rome Observ.) ; Verinaud, Christophe (European Southern Observ. ; Rome Observ.) ; Vernet, Joël (European Southern Observ. ; Rome Observ.) ; Absil, Olivier (Liege U.) ; Agapito, Guido (Arcetri Observ.) ; Andersen, Morten (European Southern Observ. ; Rome Observ.) ; Arcidiacono, Carmelo (Brera Observ.) ; Arko, Matej (ESTEC, Noordwijk) ; Baudoz, Pierre (LESIA, Meudon) ; Beltramo-Martin, Olivier (College de France ; Marseille, Lab. Astrophys.) ; Biancalani, Enrico (Leiden Observ.) ; Bierwirth, Thomas (European Southern Observ. ; Rome Observ.) ; Burtscher, Leonard (Leiden Observ.) ; Carlà, Giulia (Arcetri Observ.) ; Castro-Almazán, Julio A (Laguna U., Tenerife) ; Cheffot, Anne-Laure (Arcetri Observ.) ; Coccato, Lodovico (European Southern Observ. ; Rome Observ.) ; Correia, Carlos (Unlisted, PT ; Marseille, Lab. Astrophys. ; Porto U.) ; Fetick, Romain (ONERA, Toulouse ; Marseille, Lab. Astrophys.) ; Fiorentino, Giuliana (Brera Observ.) ; Fusco, Thierry (ONERA, Toulouse ; Marseille, Lab. Astrophys.) ; García-Lorenzo, Begoña (Laguna U., Tenerife) ; Fusillo, Nicola Gentile (European Southern Observ. ; Rome Observ.) ; Gonzalez, Oscar (Edinburgh U., Inst. Astron.) ; Grazian, Andrea (Brera Observ.) ; Gullieuszik, Marco (Brera Observ.) ; Hainaut, Olivier (European Southern Observ. ; Rome Observ.) ; Ivanov, Valentin (European Southern Observ. ; Rome Observ.) ; Kaasinen, Melanie (European Southern Observ. ; Rome Observ.) ; Kaddad, Darshan (Baltimore, Space Telescope Sci. ; Oxford U.) ; Kamiński, Tomasz (Warsaw, Copernicus Astron. Ctr.) ; Kausch, Wolfgang (Innsbruck U.) ; Kerber, Florian (European Southern Observ. ; Rome Observ.) ; Kimeswenger, Stefan (Innsbruck U. ; Antofagasta U.) ; Kokotanekova, Rosita (Sofiya, Inst. Astron.) ; Kuznetsov, Arseniy (European Southern Observ. ; Rome Observ. ; ONERA, Toulouse ; Marseille, Lab. Astrophys.) ; Lau, Alexis (Marseille, Lab. Astrophys.) ; Le Louarn, Miska (European Southern Observ. ; Rome Observ.) ; Lemmel, Frédéric (ESTEC, Noordwijk) ; Liske, Jochen (Hamburg U.) ; Curto, Gaspare Lo (European Southern Observ. ; Rome Observ.) ; Lucsanyi, David (CERN) ; Lundin, Lars (European Southern Observ. ; Rome Observ.) ; Noll, Stefan (Augsburg U. ; DLR, Berlin) ; Oberti, Sylvain (European Southern Observ. ; Rome Observ.) ; Osborn, James (Durham U.) ; Masciadri, Elena (Arcetri Observ.) ; Milaković, Dinko (SISSA, Trieste ; INFN, Trieste ; Trieste Observ. ; Trieste U.) ; Murphy, Michael T (Swinburne U., Ctr. Astrophys. Supercomput.) ; Pedichini, Fernando (Brera Observ.) ; Santaella, Miguel Pereira (Oxford U.) ; Piazzesi, Roberto (Brera Observ.) ; López, Javier Piqueras (Centro Atomico Bariloche) ; Plantet, Cédric (Arcetri Observ.) ; Prod'homme, Thibaut (ESTEC, Noordwijk) ; Przybilla, Norbert (Innsbruck U.) ; Puech, Mathieu (Paris Observ.) ; Reid, Derryck T (Heriot-Watt U.) ; Reiners, Ansgar (Gottingen U.) ; Rijnenberg, Rutger (Leiden Observ.) ; Rodrigues, Myriam (Paris Observ.) ; Rossi, Fabio (Arcetri Observ.) ; Routledge, Laurence (Oxford U.) ; Smit, Hans (ESTEC, Noordwijk) ; Tecza, Mathias (Oxford U.) ; Thatte, Niranjan (Oxford U.) ; van Boekel, Roy (Heidelberg, Max Planck Inst. Astron.) ; Verma, Aprajita (Oxford U.) ; Vigan, Arthur (Marseille, Lab. Astrophys.)
Publication	2022
Number of pages	8
In:	The Messenger 189 (2022) 23-30
DOI	10.18727/0722-6691/5286
Subject category	Astrophysics and Astronomy
Abstract	Since 2005 ESO has been working with its community and industry to develop an extremely large optical/infrared telescope. ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope, or ELT for short, is a revolutionary ground-based telescope that will have a 39-metre main mirror and will be the largest visible and infrared light telescope in the world. To address specific topics that are needed for the science operations and calibrations of the telescope, thirteen specific working groups were created to coordinate the effort between ESO, the instrument consortia, and the wider community. We describe here the goals of these working groups as well as their achievements so far.

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