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Future very high redshift studies of the first galaxies require discovery of such objects. A promising approach is a narrow-band imager, designed to operate between the bright OH lines in the l-2.5micron region, and multiobject spectroscopy capability covering the same full wavelength range. On the timescale of future VLT instrumentation, NGST will exist: a natural complement is an intermediate dispersion (R ~ 10000) spectrograph, providing the whole optical spectrum in a single observation, for internal dynamics and line studies of NGST targets. A wide field optical imager is desirable, but we note SUBARU and VISTA as means to achieve this. For future ISM/IGM studies, an ideal is a high dispersion spectrograph (R = 150000+), with stable bench-mount. We also note that efficient and fast access to the archives is as important as is a new instrument.
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Carswell, B., Gilmore, G. (2002). Future VLT Instrumentation: An IoA View. In: Bergeron, J., Monnet, G. (eds) Scientific Drivers for ESO Future VLT/VLTI Instrumentation. ESO Astrophysics Symposia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43215-0_12
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