11 papers
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…
SHINS, the SHARK-NIR Instrument Control Software
Davide Ricci, Fulvio Laudisio, Alessandro Lorenzetto +20
SHARK-NIR is a new compact instrument for coronagraphic imaging, direct imaging, and coronagraphic spectroscopy in the near-infrared wavelengths mounted at LBT. Taking advantage of…
New developments on the Ingot WFS laboratory testing
Tânia Gomes Machado, Simone Di Filippo, Kalyan K. R. Santhakumari +16
The Ingot WFS was designed to overcome some of the challenges present in classical wavefront sensors when they deal with sodium LGSs. This innovative sensor works by sensing the fu…
Pupil plane WFSs for LGS systems of giant telescopes: the case of Ingot
Elisa Portaluri, Roberto Ragazzoni, Davide Greggio +9
The Ingot WFS belongs to a class of pupil-plane WFSs designed to address the challenges posed by Sodium Laser Guide Stars, and consists of a combination of refractive and reflectiv…
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…