arXiv (Cornell University)
LINC-NIRVANA Commissioning at the Large Binocular Telescope -- Lessons Learned
December 2021 • Kalyan Radhakrishnan, Carmelo Arcidiacono, Maria Bergomi, Thomas Bertram, Florian Briegel, Jacopo Farinato, Thomas Herbst, John M. Hill, Micah Klettk…
LINC-NIRVANA (LN) is one of the instruments on-board the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT). LN is a high-resolution, near-infrared imager equipped with an advanced adaptive optics module. LN implements layer-oriented Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics (MCAO) approach using two independent wavefront sensors per side of the binocular telescope measuring the turbulence volume above the telescope. The capability of acquiring up to 20 Natural Guide Stars simultaneously from two distinct fields of view, and using them for wa…