Press Release
Open Access

Table 1

SPHERE subsystem parameters4.

Instrument Field of View Science frame format in pixels Pixel scale (mas/pixel)
IRDIS 11″ × 12.5″ 1024 × 1024 12.26 ± 0.02(a)
IFS 1.73″ × 1.73″ 291 × 291 7.46 ± 0.02
ZIMPOL 3.5″ × 3.5″ 1024 × 1024 3.61 ± 0.01

Notes. (a)The IRDIS plate scale is evaluated in the H2 filter with the N_ALC_YJH_S coronagraph. For other IRDIS filters and coronagraphs the plate scale should be adjusted.

Current usage metrics show cumulative count of Article Views (full-text article views including HTML views, PDF and ePub downloads, according to the available data) and Abstracts Views on Vision4Press platform.

Data correspond to usage on the plateform after 2015. The current usage metrics is available 48-96 hours after online publication and is updated daily on week days.

Initial download of the metrics may take a while.