The acquisition camera system for SOXS at NTT

A. Brucalassi; J. A. Araiza-Durán; G. Pignata; S. Campana; R. Claudi; P. Schipani; M. Aliverti; A. Baruffolo; S. Ben-Ami; F. Biondi; G. Capasso; R. Cosentino; F. D'Alessio; P. D'Avanzo; D. Gardiol; O. Hershko; H. Kuncarayakti; M. Munari; D. Ricci; M. Riva; A. Rubin; R. Zanmar Sanchez; S. Scuderi; F. Vitali; J. Achrén; I. Arcavi; A. Bianco; E. Cappellaro; M. Colapietro; M. Della Valle; O. Diner; S. D'Orsi; D. Fantinel; J. Fynbo; A. Gal-Yam; M. Genoni; M. Hirvonen; J. Kotilainen; T. Kumar; M. Landoni; J. Lehti; G. Li Causi; D. Loreggia; L. Marafatto; S. Mattila; G. Pariani; M. Rappaport; B. Salasnich; S. Smartt; M. Turatto

doi:10.1117/12.2312677

6 July 2018 The acquisition camera system for SOXS at NTT

A. Brucalassi, J. A. Araiza-Durán, G. Pignata, S. Campana, R. Claudi, P. Schipani, M. Aliverti, A. Baruffolo, S. Ben-Ami, F. Biondi, G. Capasso, R. Cosentino, F. D'Alessio, P. D'Avanzo, D. Gardiol, O. Hershko, H. Kuncarayakti, M. Munari, D. Ricci, M. Riva, A. Rubin, R. Zanmar Sanchez, S. Scuderi, F. Vitali, J. Achrén, I. Arcavi, A. Bianco, E. Cappellaro, M. Colapietro, M. Della Valle, O. Diner, S. D'Orsi, D. Fantinel, J. Fynbo, A. Gal-Yam, M. Genoni, M. Hirvonen, J. Kotilainen, T. Kumar, M. Landoni, J. Lehti, G. Li Causi, D. Loreggia, L. Marafatto, S. Mattila, G. Pariani, M. Rappaport, B. Salasnich, S. Smartt, M. Turatto

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Proceedings Volume 10702, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VII; 107022M (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312677
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2018, Austin, Texas, United States

Abstract

SOXS (Son of X-Shooter) will be the new medium resolution (R~4500 for a 1 arcsec slit), high-efficiency, wide band spectrograph for the ESO-NTT telescope on La Silla. It will be able to cover simultaneously optical and NIR bands (350-2000nm) using two different arms and a pre-slit Common Path feeding system. SOXS will provide an unique facility to follow up any kind of transient event with the best possible response time in addition to high efficiency and availability. Furthermore, a Calibration Unit and an Acquisition Camera System with all the necessary relay optics will be connected to the Common Path sub-system. The Acquisition Camera, working in optical regime, will be primarily focused on target acquisition and secondary guiding, but will also provide an imaging mode for scientific photometry. In this work we give an overview of the Acquisition Camera System for SOXS with all the different functionalities. The optical and mechanical design of the system are also presented together with the preliminary performances in terms of optical quality, throughput, magnitude limits and photometric properties.

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A. Brucalassi, J. A. Araiza-Durán, G. Pignata, S. Campana, R. Claudi, P. Schipani, M. Aliverti, A. Baruffolo, S. Ben-Ami, F. Biondi, G. Capasso, R. Cosentino, F. D'Alessio, P. D'Avanzo, D. Gardiol, O. Hershko, H. Kuncarayakti, M. Munari, D. Ricci, M. Riva, A. Rubin, R. Zanmar Sanchez, S. Scuderi, F. Vitali, J. Achrén, I. Arcavi, A. Bianco, E. Cappellaro, M. Colapietro, M. Della Valle, O. Diner, S. D'Orsi, D. Fantinel, J. Fynbo, A. Gal-Yam, M. Genoni, M. Hirvonen, J. Kotilainen, T. Kumar, M. Landoni, J. Lehti, G. Li Causi, D. Loreggia, L. Marafatto, S. Mattila, G. Pariani, M. Rappaport, B. Salasnich, S. Smartt, and M. Turatto "The acquisition camera system for SOXS at NTT", Proc. SPIE 10702, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VII, 107022M (6 July 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312677

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