The MICADO first light imager for the ELT: overview and current Status
Abstract
MICADO is a first light instrument for the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), set to start operating later this decade. It will provide diffraction limited imaging, astrometry, high contrast imaging, and long slit spectroscopy at near-infrared wavelengths. During the initial phase operations, adaptive optics (AO) correction will be provided by its own natural guide star wavefront sensor. In its final configuration, that AO system will be retained and complemented by the laser guide star multi-conjugate adaptive optics module MORFEO (formerly known as MAORY). Among many other things, MICADO will study exoplanets, distant galaxies and stars, and investigate black holes, such as Sagittarius A* at the centre of the Milky Way. After their final design phase, most components of MICADO have moved on to the manufacturing and assembly phase. Here we summarize the final design of the instrument and provide an overview about its current manufacturing status and the timeline. Some lessons learned from the final design review process will be presented in order to help future instrumentation projects to cope with the challenges arising from the substantial differences between projects for 8-10m class telescopes (e.g. ESO-VLT) and the next generation Extremely Large Telescopes (e.g. ESO-ELT). Finally, the expected performance will be discussed in the context of the current landscape of astronomical observatories and instruments. For instance, MICADO will have similar sensitivity as the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), but with six times the spatial resolution.
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@article{arxiv.2408.16396,
title = {The MICADO first light imager for the ELT: overview and current Status},
author = {E. Sturm and R. Davies and J. Alves and Y. Clénet and J. Kotilainen and A. Monna and H. Nicklas and J. -U. Pott and E. Tolstoy and B. Vulcani and J. Achren and S. Annadevara and H. Anwand-Heerwart and C. Arcidiacono and S. Barboza and L. Barl and P. Baudoz and R. Bender and N. Bezawada and F. Biondi and P. Bizenberger and A. Blin and A. Boné and P. Bonifacio and B. Borgo and J. van den Born and T. Buey and Y. Cao and F. Chapron and G. Chauvin and F. Chemla and K. Cloiseau and M. Cohen and C. Collin and O. Czoske and J. -O. Dette and M. Deysenroth and E. Dijkstra and S. Dreizler and O. Dupuis and G. van Egmond and F. Eisenhauer and E. Elswijk and A. Emslander and M. Fabricius and G. Fasola and F. Ferreira and N. M. Förster Schreiber and A. Fontana and J. Gaudemard and N. Gautherot and E. Gendron and C. Gennet and R. Genzel and L. Ghouchou and S. Gillessen and D. Gratadour and A. Grazian and F. Grupp and S. Guieu and M. Gullieuszik and M. de Haan and J. Hartke and M. Hartl and F. Haussmann and T. Helin and H. -J. Hess and R. Hofferbert and H. Huber and E. Huby and J. -M. Huet and D. Ives and A. Janssen and P. Jaufmann and T. Jilg and D. Jodlbauer and J. Jost and W. Kausch and H. Kellermann and F. Kerber and H. Kravcar and K. Kravchenko and C. Kulcsár and H. Kunkarayakti and P. Kunst and S. Kwast and F. Lang and J. Lange and V. Lapeyrere and B. Le Ruyet and K. Leschinski and H. Locatelli and D. Massari and S. Mattila and S. Mei and F. Merlin and E. Meyer and C. Michel and L. Mohr and M. Montargès and F. Müller and N. Münch and R. Navarro and U. Neumann and N. Neumayer and L. Neumeier and F. Pedichini and A. Pflüger and R. Piazzesi and L. Pinard and J. Porras and E. Portaluri and N. Przybilla and S. Rabien and J. Raffard and R. Raggazoni and R. Ramlau and J. Ramos and S. Ramsay and H. -F. Raynaud and P. Rhode and A. Richter and H. -W. Rix and M. Rodenhuis and R. -R. Rohloff and R. Romp and P. Rousselot and N. Sabha and B. Sassolas and J. Schlichter and M. Schuil and M. Schweitzer and U. Seemann and A. Sevin and M. Simioni and L. Spallek and A. Sönmez and J. Suuronen and S. Taburet and J. Thomas and E. Tisserand and P. Vaccari and E. Valenti and G. Verdoes Kleijn and M. Verdugo and F. Vidal and R. Wagner and M. Wegner and D. van Winden and J. Witschel and A. Zanella and W. Zeilinger and J. Ziegleder and B. Ziegler},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.16396},
year = {2024}
}
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Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 13096, id. 1309611 11 pp. (2024)