Abstract
The SOUL project is upgrading the 4 SCAO systems of LBT, pushing the current guide star limits of about 2 magnitudes fainter thanks to Electron Multiplied CCD detector. This improvement will open the NGS SCAO correction to a wider number of scientific cases from high contrast imaging in the visible to extra-galactic source in the NIR. The SOUL systems are today the unique case where pyramid WFS, adaptive secondary and EMCCD are used together. This makes SOUL a pathfinder for most of the ELT SCAO systems like the one of GMT, MICADO and HARMONI of E-ELT, where the same key technologies will be employed. Today we have 3 SOUL systems installed on the telescope in commissioning phase. The 4th system will be installed in a few months. We will present here the results achieved during daytime testing and commissioning nights up to the present date.
Original language | English (US) |
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State | Published - 2019 |
Event | 6th International Conference on Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes, AO4ELT 2019 - Quebec City, Canada Duration: Jun 9 2019 → Jun 14 2019 |
Conference
Conference | 6th International Conference on Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes, AO4ELT 2019 |
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Country | Canada |
City | Quebec City |
Period | 6/9/19 → 6/14/19 |
Keywords
- Adaptive secondary
- High contrast
- LBT
- Pyramid
- SCAO
- XAO
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Space and Planetary Science
- Control and Systems Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Instrumentation