SimCADO - An End-to-end Instrument Data Simulator for MICADO on the E-ELT

Author(s)

K. Leschinski, O. Czoske, R. Köhler, W. Zeilinger, W. Kausch, N. Przybilla, J. Alves, M. Mach, G. V. Kleijn, R. Davies, R. Ramlau, R. Wagner, T. Ratzka, R. Greimel, M. Leitzinger, V. Schaffenroth, M. Güde, B. Ziegler

Abstract

MICADO will be the first-light wide-field imager for the European

Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) and will provide diffraction limited

imaging (7 mas at 1.2 μm) over a ˜ 53” field of view. As

part of the development of this instrument we are building an end-to-end

instrument data simulator. SimCADO generates a full model of the optical

train from source to detector readout. SimCADO is thus a tool to provide

simulated detector array images to both the science and instrument

development teams. Here we present an overview of the inner workings of

SimCADO and outline our plan for its further development.

Organisation(s)

Department of Astrophysics

External organisation(s)

Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, University of Groningen, Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW), Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz

Journal

Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series

Volume

512

Pages

647-650

ISSN

1050-3390

Publication date

2017

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

103003 Astronomy

Portal url

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/simcado--an-endtoend-instrument-data-simulator-for-micado-on-the-eelt(d4b28fc2-65be-453b-a264-30e9e4b52856).html