Commissioning of the adaptive optics supported LUCI instruments at the Large Binocular Telescope: results
Date Issued
2018
Author(s)
Heidt, Jochen
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Pramskiy, Alexander
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Thompson, David
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Seifert, Walter
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Gredel, Roland
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Miller, Doug
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Taylor, Greg
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Quirrenbach, Andreas
Abstract
The LUCI instruments are a pair of NIR imagers and multi-object spectrographs located at the front bent Gregorian foci of the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT). One of their special features is their diffraction-limited imaging and long-slit spectroscopic capability in combination with the LBT adaptive secondary mirrors. This allows to achieve a spatial resolution down to 60mas and a spectral resolution of up to 25000. Switching from seeing-limited to diffraction-limited observations changes several operational aspects due to features such as the non-common path aberration or the flexure of the instruments. They all require novel techniques to optimize the image quality and to maximize the scientific return. Non-common path aberration can be corrected via look-up tables. For active flexure compensation the night-sky emission is used. The commissioning of the instruments in diffraction-limited mode on sky is largely finished and the instruments have been handed over to the LBT in April 2018.
Coverage
Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VII
All editors
Evans, Christopher J.; Simard, Luc; Takami, Hideki
Series
Volume
10702
Start page
107020B
Conferenece
Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VII
Conferenece place
Austin, Texas, United States
Conferenece date
10-15 June, 2018
Issn Identifier
0277-786X
Ads BibCode
2018SPIE10702E..0BH
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open.access
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