MOSAIC Instrument

MOSAIC is a multi-object and multi-integral field spectrograph that will use the widest possible field of view provided by the ELT.  The MOSAIC top-level requirements have been based on a comprehensive White Paper summarizing the very numerous scientific cases for a multi-object spectrograph on the ELT.

MOSAIC is conceived as a multi-purpose MOS for the ELT, covering the Visible and Near Infrared bandwidth (0.45 – 1.8 μm) with two modes: multi-object spectroscopy (MOS) and spatially resolved spectroscopy (mIFU).

MOSAIC Institutions.

The Consortium includes countries in the core of the project (Partners: France, United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Germany) as well as other participating countries (Associate Partners: Austria, Brazil, Finland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, together with University of Michigan and STScI in the  USA) including those interested in financially supporting the project in exchange of Guaranteed Observing Time or in participation in Public Surveys. Partners within the MOSAIC consortium have a long and successful heritage of instrument delivery for ESO and GTC, including: FORS, FLAMES, KMOS, MUSE, SPHERE, NACO, VIMOS, X-SHOOTER, and MEGARA. They gather unique worldwide expertise in conceiving, designing, and building multi-object spectrographs, integral field units, and adaptive optics-driven instruments.