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Table 2
Instruments for direct imaging of exoplanets considered in our analysis.
| Instrument | Contrast | Wavel. | IWA | Year | Ref. |
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| 8 m ground-based telescopes | |||||
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| VLT-SPHERE | 10-7 | 0.9−1.7 | 0.08 | 2011 | B10 |
| Gemini-GPI | G07 | ||||
| JWST | |||||
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| NIRCAM | 10-5 | 2.1−4.6 | 0.30 | 2014 | G05 |
| MIRI | 10-4 | 5 − 25 | 0.35 | R10 | |
| 1.5 m space coronagraphs | |||||
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| 10-9−10-10 | 0.3−1.3 | 0.08 | ? | T10 | |
| ELT class instruments | |||||
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| E-ELT-EPICS | 10-8−10-9 | 0.9−1.7 | 0.03 | >2018 | K10 |
| E-ELT-METIS | 10-5 | 2.5−20 | 0.08 | S10 | |
References. B10 Beuzit et al. (2010); G05 Green et al. (2005); G07 Graham et al. (2007); K10 Kasper et al. (2010); R10 Rieke et al. (2010); S10 Stuik et al. (2010); T10 Trauger & Moody (2010).
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