SHARK-NIR Channel: A high contrast imager with coronagraphic capabilities for the Large Binocular Telescope

Jacopo Farinato; Carlo Baffa; Andrea Baruffolo; Maria Bergomi; Luca Carbonaro; Elena Carolo; Alexis Carlotti; Mauro Centrone; Laird Close; Marco De Pascale; Marco Dima; Simone Esposito; Daniela Fantinel; Giancarlo Farisato; Wolfgang Gaessler; Emanuele Giallongo; Davide Greggio; Olivier Guyon; Philip Hinz; Franco Lisi; Demetrio Magrin; Luca Marafatto; Fernando Pedichini; Enrico Pinna; Alfio Puglisi; Roberto Ragazzoni; Bernardo Salasnich; Marco Stangalini; Daniele Vassallo; Christophe Verinaud; Valentina Viotto

doi:10.20353/K3T4CP1131635

SHARK-NIR Channel: A high contrast imager with coronagraphic capabilities for the Large Binocular Telescope

Jacopo Farinato, Carlo Baffa, Andrea Baruffolo, Maria Bergomi, Luca Carbonaro, Elena Carolo, Alexis Carlotti, Mauro Centrone, Laird Close, Marco De Pascale, Marco Dima, Simone Esposito, Daniela Fantinel, Giancarlo Farisato, Wolfgang Gaessler, Emanuele Giallongo, Davide Greggio, Olivier Guyon, Philip Hinz, Franco LisiDemetrio Magrin, Luca Marafatto, Fernando Pedichini, Enrico Pinna, Alfio Puglisi, Roberto Ragazzoni, Bernardo Salasnich, Marco Stangalini, Daniele Vassallo, Christophe Verinaud, Valentina Viotto

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A new coronagraphic instrument for the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) has successfully passed the conceptual design phase. SHARK-NIR channel will be installed in one arm of the Large Binocular Telescope and it is designed to use different coronagraphic techniques, both to match as much as possible the different requirements of the different science cases and to explore the capabilities of such techniques for the next-generation of ELTs. By exploiting the combination with SHARK-VIS channel mounted at the other LBT arm, the instrument will offer simultaneous coronagraphic observations at different wavelengths, characterized by high contrast, even for relatively faint targets. This will be achievable thanks to the very efficient Adaptive Optics (AO) systems already operating at LBT (First Light AO, FLAO). Furthermore, the latter will be soon upgraded with new detectors, promising even better performance in terms of limiting magnitude. In this paper we present the status of the SHARK-NIR channel design.

Original language	English (US)
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.20353/K3T4CP1131635
State	Published - 2015
Event	4th Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes, AO4ELT 2015 - Lake Arrowhead, United States Duration: Oct 26 2015 → Oct 30 2015

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Other	4th Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes, AO4ELT 2015
Country/Territory	United States
City	Lake Arrowhead
Period	10/26/15 → 10/30/15

Keywords

Adaptive secondary
Coronagraphy
Extreme adaptive optics
Large binocular telescope
Planet finding
Pyramid sensor

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Control and Systems Engineering
Instrumentation
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Space and Planetary Science
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Mechanical Engineering

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Farinato, J., Baffa, C., Baruffolo, A., Bergomi, M., Carbonaro, L., Carolo, E., Carlotti, A., Centrone, M., Close, L., De Pascale, M., Dima, M., Esposito, S., Fantinel, D., Farisato, G., Gaessler, W., Giallongo, E., Greggio, D., Guyon, O., Hinz, P., ... Viotto, V. (2015). SHARK-NIR Channel: A high contrast imager with coronagraphic capabilities for the Large Binocular Telescope. Paper presented at 4th Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes, AO4ELT 2015, Lake Arrowhead, United States. https://doi.org/10.20353/K3T4CP1131635

Farinato, J, Baffa, C, Baruffolo, A, Bergomi, M, Carbonaro, L, Carolo, E, Carlotti, A, Centrone, M, Close, L, De Pascale, M, Dima, M, Esposito, S, Fantinel, D, Farisato, G, Gaessler, W, Giallongo, E, Greggio, D, Guyon, O , Hinz, P, Lisi, F, Magrin, D, Marafatto, L, Pedichini, F, Pinna, E, Puglisi, A, Ragazzoni, R, Salasnich, B, Stangalini, M, Vassallo, D, Verinaud, C & Viotto, V 2015, 'SHARK-NIR Channel: A high contrast imager with coronagraphic capabilities for the Large Binocular Telescope', Paper presented at 4th Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes, AO4ELT 2015, Lake Arrowhead, United States, 10/26/15 - 10/30/15. https://doi.org/10.20353/K3T4CP1131635

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