MICADO PSF-Reconstruction work package description

TL;DR

This paper describes the development of a PSF reconstruction software for MICADO@ESO-ELT, which uses adaptive optics telemetry data to generate accurate PSFs for improved scientific analysis of imaging and spectroscopic data.

Contribution

It introduces a software system for PSF reconstruction that operates independently of science data and supports multiple AO modes for MICADO.

Findings

Development of PSF-R software for MICADO

Supports SCAO and MCAO modes

Enhances data analysis accuracy

Abstract

The point spread function reconstruction (PSF-R) capability is a deliverable of the MICADO@ESO-ELT project. The PSF-R team works on the implementation of the instrument software devoted to reconstruct the point spread function (PSF), independently of the science data, using adaptive optics (AO) telemetry data, both for Single Conjugate (SCAO) and Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics (MCAO) mode of the MICADO camera and spectrograph. The PSF-R application will provide reconstructed PSFs through an archive querying system to restore the telemetry data synchronous to each science frame that MICADO will generate. Eventually, the PSF-R software will produce the output according to user specifications. The PSF-R service will support the state-of-the-art scientific analysis of the MICADO imaging and spectroscopic data.