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MICADO is a first light instrument for the Extremely Large Telescope. Together with an adaptive optics system, it will make supersharp images of the near-infrared sky (0.8-2.3 micron). The instrument is lead by the Max-Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial physics in Munich. NOVA contributes to this instrument, with the design and manufacturing of 2 filterwheels, a pupilwheel (including several kinds of pupil masks for high-contrast imaging and instrument alignment) , and an atmospheric dispersion corrector. The filterwheel- and pupilwheel-mechanisms are finished, have recently been tested in an cryogenic environment and have been validated. The ADC must still be manufactured and tested. NOVA plans to deliver the subsystem to MPE early 2026.
| Talk category | Instrumentation (contact wijnen@strw.leidenuniv.nl) |
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| Preference for a talk or poster | Talk |
