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1 Ten years of Emiliano Diolaiti Giornate di Osservatorio February 2016 Artist s impression of the E-ELT Credit: ESO / L. Calçada

2 LBT / Large Binocular Camera Instrument Seeing-limited imager Blue channel / Red channel Installed at prime focus stations Project PI E. Giallongo OA Roma, OA Padova, OA Trieste, OA Arcetri Involvement of OABO personnel 2000 ~2007 INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna, February

3 LBT / Large Binocular Camera Off-axis image produced by LBT primary mirror 90 arcsec Corrected image 0.2 arcsec 3 3

4 10 arcsec Adaptive Optics Galactic Center (2.2 µm) CFHT (courtesy F. Rigaut) Degraded image without adaptive optics (seeing-limited) INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna, February

5 VLT / MAD Instrument Multi conjugate Adaptive optics Demonstrator MCAO: adaptive optics flavour to extend corrected field of view (~10 arcsec ~1 arcmin) Project ESO project to demonstrate MCAO INAF (OA-Padova, OA Arcetri) involved since first proposal (2001) Involvement of OABO personnel 2000 ~2008 MAD on VLT Nasmyth focus INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna, February

6 LBT / LINC-NIRVANA Instrument Infrared interferometer and imager Assisted by adaptive optics Project PI T. Herbst (MPIA) INAF involvement (OAPD, OABO, OAR) OABO involvement Development of 2 wavefront sensors Participation in science team Instrument commissioning 2001 INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna, February

7 1.5m telescope Prime focus camera? 2006 (study not funded) Cassegrain focal reducer? INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna, February

8 LBT / Infrared Test Camera Instrument Double imager From seeing-limited to diffractionlimited resolution Extensively used for LBT commissioning 2010: used to achieve first light of LBT with adaptive optics system Project OABO (+UNIBO), MPIA OABO lead institute INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna, February

9 E-ELT / Preliminary studies ELT Design Study Large European collaboration led by ESO Funded by FP6 Preparing for the construction of the E-ELT Large European collaboration led by ESO Funded by FP7 OABO involvement LGS wavefront sensing Study of MCAO module for E-ELT Credit: G. Hüdepohl/ESO INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna, February

10 OPTICON / LGS prototype Laser Guide Star wavefront sensor prototype Funded by FP7 / OPTICON European network OABO responsible of task devoted to LGS prototype INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna, February

11 SOLARIS Solar concentrator for photo-voltaic applications Funded by MIUR (PhD grant) and Fondazione CARISBO Patented by INAF and University of Bologna Innovative optical design Make the Sun look square INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna, February

12 E-ELT / MAORY MAORY project overview Adaptive optics module for E-ELT One of the 4 approved first-light instruments for the E-ELT Primary science instrument MICADO INAF lead institute, IPAG (Fr) consortium partner, ESO customer + partner Milestones phase A preparation phase Progetto premiale T-REX (PI M. Tosi) Dec 2015 contract signature Feb 2016 phase B kick-off Artist s impression of the E-ELT Credit: ESO / L. Calçada 2007 Progetto premiale T-REX Integration lab at IASFBO INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna, February

13 MAORY Involved INAF institutes OABO, IASFBO, OA Arcetri, OA Brera, OA Capodimonte, OA Padova OABO involvement Emiliano Diolaiti (principal investigator), Paolo Ciliegi (project manager) Renata Abicca (contractual matters) Carmelo Arcidiacono (adaptive optics) Michele Bellazzini (instrument scientist) Giovanni Bregoli (software) Fausto Cortecchia (system engineer) Giuseppe Cosentino (UNIBO, electronics) Giuliana Fiorentino (deputy instrument scientist) Italo Foppiani (electronics) Matteo Lombini (optics) Mauro Patti (PhD, adaptive optics) Laura Schreiber (real time computer, adaptive optics) INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna, February

14 Final comments Recent permanent positions at OABO for technology/instrumentation Carmelo Arcidiacono, Italo Foppiani, Laura Schreiber, Matteo Lombini Sinergy among staff with different expertise Technology Administration Science Synergy with other institutes Other INAF institutes UNIBO Personnel is crucial for MAORY project INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna, February