GALACSI is part of the Adaptive Optics Facility (AOF), and is thus associated with the Deformable Secondary Mirror (DSM) and the 4 Laser Guide Star Facility (4LGSF). It defines an AO system developed to increase the performance of the MUSE instrument in narrow-field mode. Commissioning is proceeding and Science Verification is planned for August 2018, for which applications are invited.
MUSE Narrow Field Mode Science Verification
Published: 30 Apr 2018
An integral part of the commissioning of a new instrument at the VLT is the Science Verification (SV) phase. SV programmes include a set of typical scientific observations that should verify and demonstrate to the community the capabilities of the new instrument in the operational framework of the VLT Observatory. ESO encourages the community to submit highly challenging or risky science observations that will push MUSE in narrow-field mode at the VLT to its limits in order to better understand the performance parameter space and its envelope.
The call for proposals for MUSE using the narrow-field mode can be found here. The deadline for proposal submission is 30 May 2018, 18:00 CEST.