PSF-R Talk in Bologna OAS, 23 Jan 2024

Series:         ** Astrophysics Talk ** 

Title: The PSF reconstruction service of MICADO@ELT 

Speaker: Matteo Simioni

Abstract: The highest scientific return from most astronomical observations is achieved if the PSF is accurately known, especially for adaptive optics (AO) assisted instruments. The advent of the next-generation AO instruments that will equip 30m class telescopes led to an increasing interest in developing new methods to reliably derive the PSF of a given observation, known as PSF reconstruction (PSF-R). 

In this talk I will discuss the status of the PSF-R developed in the context of the Multi-AO Imaging Camera for Deep Observations (MICADO), the first-light, AO-assisted imager of the ESO extremely large telescope which will be later fed by MORFEO when operative. The core algorithm of the MICADO PSF-R tool follows a telemetry-only approach and the PSF is reconstructed without using information coming from the science images. 

I will also present the application of the method to real observations and discuss the scientific evaluation of the reconstructed PSF through the analysis of simulated observations of selected science cases.

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