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MORFEO: Advancing Towards Final Design
Lorenzo Busoni, Guido Agapito, Marco Bonaglia +106
The Multiconjugate adaptive Optics Relay For ELT Observations (MORFEO) is a first-generation adaptive optics module for the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), designed to deliver a d…
The SOXS Spectrograph Instrument Control Software
Davide Ricci, Bernardo Salasnich, Andrea Baruffolo +51
SOXS (Son Of X-Shooter) is a new spectrograph for the European Southern Observatory (ESO), recently installed at the New Technology Telescope (NTT) at the La Silla Observatory, Chi…
VSTPOL: making the VST a large survey telescope for optical polarimetry
P. Schipani, S. Covino, F. Snik +30
Since the start of operations in 2011, the VLT Survey Telescope (VST) has been one of the most efficient wide-field imagers in the optical bands. However, in the next years the Ver…
Automated scheduler for the SOXS instrument: design and performance
Laura Asquini, Marco Landoni, Dave Young +49
We present the advancements in the development of the scheduler for the Son Of X-shooter instrument at the ESO-NTT 3.58-m telescope in La Silla, Chile. SOXS is designed as a single…
Final Alignment and Image Quality Test for the Acquisition and Guiding System of SOXS
J. A. Araiza-Duran, G. Pignata, A. Brucalassi +50
SOXS (Son Of X-Shooter) will be the new medium-resolution (R 4500 for 1 slit), high-efficiency, wide-band spectrograph for the ESO NTT at La Silla Observatory, Chile. It will be de…
The integration of the SOXS control electronics towards the PAE
Mirko Colapietro, Sergio D'Orsi, Giulio Capasso +51
SOXS (Son Of X-Shooter) is the new single object spectrograph for the ESO New Technology Telescope (NTT) at the La Silla Observatory, able to cover simultaneously both the UV-VIS a…
What is your favorite transient event? SOXS is almost ready to observe!
Kalyan Kumar Radhakrishnan Santhakumari, Federico Battaini, Simone Di Filippo +56
The Son Of X-Shooter (SOXS) will be the specialized facility to observe any transient event with a flexible scheduler at the ESO New Technology Telescope (NTT) at La Silla, Chile.…
Characterisation and assessment of the SOXS Spectrograph UV-VIS Detector System
R. Cosentino, M. Hernandez, H. Ventura +50
The SOXS spectrograph, designed for the ESO NTT telescope, operates in both the optical (UV-VIS: 350-850 nm) and NIR (800-2000 nm) bands. This article provides an overview of the f…
The SOXS Instrument Control Software approaching the PAE
Davide Ricci, Bernardo Salasnich, Andrea Baruffolo +50
The Instrument Control Software of SOXS (Son Of X-Shooter), the forthcoming spectrograph for the ESO New Technology Telescope at the La Silla Observatory, has reached a mature stat…
Walking with SOXS towards the transient sky
P. Schipani, S. Campana, R. Claudi +59
SOXS (Son Of X-Shooter) is the new ESO instrument that is going to be installed on the 3.58-m New Technology Telescope at the La Silla Observatory. SOXS is a single object spectrog…
Dark Matter Line Searches with the Cherenkov Telescope Array
S. Abe, J. Abhir, A. Abhishek +562
Monochromatic gamma-ray signals constitute a potential smoking gun signature for annihilating or decaying dark matter particles that could relatively easily be distinguished from a…
MORFEO enters final design phase
Lorenzo Busoni, Guido Agapito, Alessandro Ballone +81
MORFEO (Multi-conjugate adaptive Optics Relay For ELT Observations, formerly MAORY), the MCAO system for the ELT, will provide diffraction-limited optical quality to the large fiel…
Progress on the SOXS transients chaser for the ESO-NTT
P. Schipani, S. Campana, R. Claudi +53
SOXS (Son Of X-Shooter) is a single object spectrograph offering a simultaneous spectral coverage from U- to H-band, built by an international consortium for the 3.58-m ESO New Tec…
Software solutions for numerical modeling of wide-field telescopes
Salvatore Savarese, Pietro Schipani, Giulio Capasso +6
This paper presents an integrated modeling software to analyze the PSF of wide-field telescopes affected by misalignments. Even relatively small misalignments in the optical system…
An Automated Pipeline for the VST Data Log Analysis
Salvatore Savarese, Pietro Schipani, Giulio Capasso +4
The VST Telescope Control Software logs continuously detailed information about the telescope and instrument operations. Commands, telemetries, errors, weather conditions and anyth…
Towards new servo control algorithms at the TNG telescope
P. Schipani, M. Gonzalez, F. Perrotta +5
The servo control algorithms of the TNG, developed in the nineties, have been working for more than 20 years with no major updates. The original hardware was based on a VME-bus bas…
Progress and tests on the Instrument Control Electronics for SOXS
M. Colapietro, G. Capasso, S. D'Orsi +46
The forthcoming SOXS (Son Of X-Shooter) will be a new spectroscopic facility for the ESO New Technology Telescope in La Silla, focused on transient events and able to cover both th…
Development status of the SOXS spectrograph for the ESO-NTT telescope
P. Schipani, S. Campana, R. Claudi +51
SOXS (Son Of X-Shooter) is a single object spectrograph, characterized by offering a wide simultaneous spectral coverage from U- to H-band, built by an international consortium for…
The new SOXS instrument for the ESO NTT
P. Schipani, R. Claudi, S. Campana +28
SOXS (Son Of X-Shooter) will be a unique spectroscopic facility for the ESO-NTT 3.5-m telescope in La Silla (Chile), able to cover the optical/NIR band (350-1750 nm). The design fo…