== P3.7 Internal TT loop working and performance== - **Phase** : 3 - **Status** : Draft - **Category** : Nighttime testing (functionality and operability) (C5) + Nighttime testing for performance (C7) - **Recurrence** : once at commissioning - **Duration** : 3 hours **Description** - Evaluate the performance of the internal tip-tilt (TT) loop of SHARK-NIR for stars of varying brightness. **Prerequisites** - Atmospheric conditions: TBD - Authorize SHARK-NIR on the SX side. - Stars (of known brightness from 8mag-13mag in the R band) as targets. - AO is working. **Procedure** - Run the internal TT loop after the star is acquired and the AO loop is closed. - Take unsaturated images of the star for a given (?) science filter before and after the internal TT loop closure in the SCICAM. - Take data in TECCAM simultaneously. - Use data to estimate the improvement of the residual jitter after the TT loop is closed. - Repeat for different star magnitudes. - should we perform as a function of elevation as well? We can choose stars accordingly, then? **Templates** - SHARKNIR_gen_tiptilt_loop (not released) **Success criteria** - Estimate the residual jitter after SOUL-AO is closed for a given seeing and star brightness. - Checking the working and performance of the internal TT loop. - Quantify and numbers to add? **Notes** **LBTO support** - AO support **Date performed and by whom**