Status of the PSF Reconstruction Work Package for MICADO ELT

TL;DR

This paper reports on the development and current status of a PSF reconstruction software service for MICADO on the ESO ELT, which uses adaptive optics telemetry data to improve image analysis.

Contribution

It presents the first implementation of a PSF reconstruction tool for all ESO telescopes, supporting advanced adaptive optics modes for MICADO.

Findings

Successful completion of the Final Design Review phase.

Preliminary results on simulated data show promising PSF reconstruction accuracy.

Real data tests demonstrate the tool's applicability to actual observations.

Abstract

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 Reconstruction (PSF-R) Team of MICADO is currently implementing, for the first time within all ESO telescopes, a software service devoted to the blind reconstruction of the PSF. This tool will work independently of the science data, using adaptive optics telemetry data, both for Single Conjugate (SCAO) and Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics (MCAO) allowed by the MORFEO module. The PSF-R service will support the state-of-the-art post-processing scientific analysis of the MICADO imaging and spectroscopic data. We provide here an update of the status of the PSF-R service tool of MICADO, after successfully fulfilling the Final Design Review phase, and discuss recent results obtained on simulated and real data gathered on instruments similar to MICADO.