P3.10 NCPA working and performance & checking for pupil shifts

• Phase : 3
• Status : Draft
• Category : Nighttime testing (functionality and operability) (C5) + Nighttime testing for performance (C7)
• Recurrence : once at commissioning
• Duration : 3 nights

Description

• Evaluate the NCPA working and performance using the baseline approach, phase-diversity approach using the Wollaston prism & dual-band imaging, and measurement of NCPA using SHARK-NIR internal calibration sources.

Prerequisites

• Atmospheric conditions: TBD
• Authorize SHARK-NIR on the SX side.
• AO working.
• Target(s) at different Zenith distances with different magnitudes?

Procedure

• Acquire star of a given magnitude. Start SOUL-AO.
• Check the working and performance of the NCPA (already calibrated) baseline approach. Take images at SCICAM.
• Check the phase diversity NCPA approach using Wollaston prism + DI-DBI (already calibrated). Take images at SCICAM.
• Measure the phase diversity NCPA approach using Wollaston prism + DI-DBI and using real star (need to do on the spot, but script exists). Take images at SCICAM.
• Digression: If the PSF after applying the calibrated NCPA is bad, we could close the SHARK-NIR shutter (can have the SOUL-AO running parallel) and do a quick internal NCPA measurement (either till the NCPA modal coefficients or until the new shape on ALPAO-DM). Confirm that the alignment of SHARK-NIR is still good.
• Check the pupil position inserting the pupil lens.
• Repeat for a different star (of different magnitudes and for a different elevation of the telescope). It is also good to do this for different seeing conditions.

Success criteria

• NCPA estimated and applied on the ASM / ALPAO DM.
• Cross-check the NCPA performances with the daytime activity P2.6.
• The total residual after NCPA correction should be <30nm.

Notes

LBTO support

• AO support

Associated SHARK-NIR personnel

Date performed and by whom