Instrumentation
Modern research in astronomy and astrophysics needs modern instruments! LMU Observatory's workshop personnel works in international as well as proprietary projects on producing high end scientific instruments.
USM-Instruments for International Projects
The Multi-adaptive optics Imaging CAmera for Deep Observations (MICADO) instrument is the first light imager for the 39m diameter ESO Extremely Large Telescope that is currently under construction on Cerro Armazones in Chile.
USM personnel is responsible for the following workpackages:
- Mechanics and Optics: development of the MICADO Main Selection Mechanism, incuding the cold optics allocated in the mechanism (A. Monna, J. Lange, Frank Grupp)
- Software: development of high- and low- level Instrument Control Software (M. Wegner, J. Schlichter) and of the Cryostat Control Software (S. Annadevara, H. Kellermann)
- Electronics: development of 4 (out of 12) Instrument Electronic cabinets (H.J. Hess, H. Kravkar)
Find out more about our work for MICADO.
The NISP (Near Infrared Spectrometer and Photometer) is one of two instruments aboard the Euclid-Satellite.
In the Euclid-Wide-Survey NISP will cover about 10 square degrees every day. This means in 5-6 days it will cover as much area as the Hubble-Space-Telescope did in it's 30+ year lifetime.
The K-Band Multi-Object Spectrometer was brought into service at the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile in 2015.
USM contributed Instrument software and electronics.
The FOcal Reducer and low dispersion Spectrograph (FORS) for ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT)
Instruments for the Wendelstein observatory
The Wendelstein Wide Field Imager at the 2m-telescope of the Wendelstein observatory - designed and built at USM
The 3-Kanal-Kamera (3 channel imager) at the 2m-telescope of the Wendelstein observatory - designed and built at USM
Selection of active and future instruments with contributions by USM
Workshop Personnel
| Name | Tel | Room | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grupp, Frank | fug@usm.lmu.de | Staff scientist | ||
| Häfner, Reinhold | haefner@usm.lmu.de | Staff scientist | ||
| Hess, Hans-Joachim | achim@usm.lmu.de | Senior electronics engineer | ||
| Monna, Anna | amonna@usm.lmu.de | Staff scientist | ||
| Annadevara, Sriprasanna | prasanna@usm.lmu.de | Staff scientist | ||
| Kellermann, Hanna | hkellerm@usm.lmu.de | Staff scientist | ||
| Kravcar, Helmut | kravcar@usm.lmu.de | Electronics engineer | ||
| Schlichter, Jörg | schlicht@usm.lmu.de | Staff scientist | ||
| Wegner, Michael | wegner@usm.lmu.de | Staff scientist |