Tag LOWFS

Technical

It’s official: LOWFS will have two POAs

Through an internal design review process and an audit process by ESO for the entire instrument during 2021 and 2022, a high risk of not meeting the performance was identified for the image quality and WCS (World Coordinate System) knowledge,…

Alonso Álvarez Urueña
12/01/2023

Technical

POA Secondary Axis Engineering Model

The LOWFS Pick-Off Arm (POA) is an assembly of two rotating mechanisms in a “theta-phi” configuration inside the NGSS system. Its purpose is to patrol the telescope’s technical field accurately, to ensure image stabilisation and to transmit the light captured…