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astro-ph.IM2026

Towards First Light for MICADO: Validation of the PSF-R service with real data

Matteo Simioni, Luca Cortese, Roland Wagner +12

MICADO, one of the ELT first-light instruments, will rely on point-spread-function reconstruction (PSF-R) to meet scientific requirements, especially for SCAO observations of targe…

astro-ph.IM2026

The MICADO first light imager for the ELT: the PSF Reconstruction Software

Andrea Grazian, Fernando Pedichini, Matteo Simioni +14

The MICADO instrument for the ESO ELT will provide Adaptive Optics (AO) diffraction-limited NIR imaging and spectroscopy. A critical component of MICADO is the Point Spread Functio…

astro-ph.IM2026

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…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 2 cited

HighSpec: A High-Resolution Spectrograph for the MAST Telescope Array

Yahel Sofer Rimalt, Sagi Ben-Ami, Eran Ofek +13

We present the updated design of HighSpec, a high-resolution spectrograph designed for the Multi Aperture Spectroscopic Telescope (MAST). HighSpec offers…

astro-ph.IM2024

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…

astro-ph.IM2024

End-to-End simulation framework for astronomical spectrographs: SOXS, CUBES and ANDES

A. Scaudo, M. Genoni, G. Li Causi +73

We present our numerical simulation approach for the End-to-End (E2E) model applied to various astronomical spectrographs, such as SOXS (ESO-NTT), CUBES (ESO-VLT), and ANDES (ESO-E…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 1 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2024

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…

astro-ph.IM2024

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.…

astro-ph.IM2024

The status of the NIR arm of the SOXS Instrument toward the PAE

Fabrizio Vitali, Matteo Genoni, Matteo Aliverti +57

The Son Of X-Shooter (SOXS) is a single object spectrograph, built by an international consortium for the 3.58-m ESO New Technology Telescope at the La Silla Observatory [1]. It of…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 1 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 1 cited

SOXS NIR: Optomechanical integration and alignment, optical performance verification before full instrument assembly

M. Genoni, M. Aliverti, G. Pariani +48

This paper presents the opto-mechanical integration and alignment, functional and optical performance verification of the NIR arm of Son Of X-Shooter (SOXS) instrument. SOXS will b…

astro-ph.IM2024

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…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 1 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 1 cited

: the GOTO project for real-time citizen science in time-domain astrophysics

T. L. Killestein, L. Kelsey, E. Wickens +51

Time-domain astrophysics continues to grow rapidly, with the inception of new surveys drastically increasing data volumes. Democratised, distributed approaches to training sets for…

astro-ph.IM2024

The MICADO first light imager for the ELT: the PSF Reconstruction Software

Andrea Grazian, Elisa Portaluri, Matteo Simioni +10

MICADO is the first-light camera of the ESO ELT, allowing NIR imaging and long-slit spectroscopy assisted by adaptive optics. MICADO is now entering its construction phase, and the…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 5 cited

The MICADO first light imager for the ELT: off-axis performance of PSF reconstruction

Matteo Simioni, Daniel Jodlbauer, Carmelo Arcidiacono +14

The highest scientific return, for adaptive optics (AO) observations, is achieved with a reliable reconstruction of the PSF. This is especially true for MICADO@ELT. In this present…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 12 cited

The Wide-field Spectroscopic Telescope (WST) Science White Paper

Vincenzo Mainieri, Richard I. Anderson, Jarle Brinchmann +214

The Wide-field Spectroscopic Telescope (WST) is proposed as a new facility dedicated to the efficient delivery of spectroscopic surveys. This white paper summarises the initial con…

astro-ph.IM2022

Status of the PSF Reconstruction Work Package for MICADO ELT

Andrea Grazian, Matteo Simioni, Carmelo Arcidiacono +20

MICADO is a workhorse instrument for the ESO ELT, allowing first light capability for diffraction limited imaging and long-slit spectroscopy at near-infrared wavelengths. The PSF R…

astro-ph.IM2022

SOXS AIT: a paradigm for system engineering of a medium class telescope instrument

Riccardo Claudi, Kalyan Radhakrishnan, Federico Battaini +40

SOXS (SOn of X-Shooter) is a high-efficiency spectrograph with a mean Resolution-Slit product of 3500 over the entire band capable of simultaneously observing the complete spectral…

astro-ph.IM2022

The vacuum and cryogenics system of the SOXS spectrograph

S. Scuderi, G. Bellassai, R. Di Benedetto +49

SOXS (Son Of X-Shooter) is a single object spectrograph built by an international consortium for the ESO NTT telescope. SOXS is based on the heritage of the X-Shooter at the ESO-VL…

astro-ph.IM2022

Progress on the SOXS NIR Spectrograph AIT

Fabrizio Vitali, Matteo Aliverti, Francesco D'Alessio +50

The Son Of X-Shooter (SOXS) is a single object spectrograph, built by an international consortium for the 3.58-m ESO New Technology Telescope at the La Silla Observatory, ranging f…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 3 cited

The internal alignment and validation of a powered ADC for SOXS

F. Battaini, K. Radhakrishnan, R. Claudi +47

The Son Of X-Shooter (SOXS) is a two-channel spectrograph along with imaging capabilities, characterized by a wide spectral coverage (350nm to 2000nm), designed for the NTT telesco…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 4 cited

From Assembly to the Complete Integration and Verification of the SOXS Common Path

Kalyan Kumar Radhakrishnan Santhakumari, Federico Battaini, Riccardo Claudi +50

The Son Of X-Shooter (SOXS) is a single object spectrograph offering simultaneous spectral coverage in UV-VIS (350-850 nm) and NIR (800-2000 nm) wavelength regimes with an average…