Scientific camera for the Laser Guide Stars Wave Front Sensor module of MORFEO, the adaptive optics module of the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT)

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1. ELT (Extremely Large Telescope) is the world’s largest telescope (39m diameter) under construction by ESO ( https://elt.eso.org/ ) at Cerro Armazones in Chile. ELT is considered worldwide to be one of the highest priorities in ground based astronomy. MORFEO ( http://wwwmorfeo.oabo.inaf.it/ ), as a first-generation ELT instrument, will help compensate for the distortion of light caused by turbulence in the Earth’s atmosphere. MORFEO is a Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics (MCAO) module allowing spatially uniform adaptive optics compensation over a large field of view (up to 2 arcmin2) with high sky coverage. Wavefront sensing is performed by six Laser Guide Stars (LGS) and three Natural Guide Stars (NGS), for the measurement of high and low-order wavefront perturbations respectively. 2. The call will cover the procurement of all six cameras needed for the MORFEO LGS WFS, plus at least one spare camera. The full list of requirements, including Environmental Conditions, Operational requirements, Interfaces requirements, Functional requirements, Performance requirements and RAMS requirements are summarised in a dedicated document available at the link http://wwwmorfeo.oabo.inaf.it/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/MORFEO_LGS_Cameras_Req_Preliminary_Information.pdf 3. The call will comprise the Final Design plus manufacturing, verification and delivery. The verification should be preferably performed by testing in a representative environment. All the camera will be tested at the company premises and delivered at INAF OAS Bologna, Italy. The transition between the final design phase and the manufacturing phase will be subject to internal and external constraints (technical verification and acceptance of the Final Design by MORFEO Consortium). 4. Assuming as T0 the date of the Kick Off Meeting with the selected contractor, the Final Design Phase shall end within 6 months from T0, the delivery of the first prototype of the camera at INAF OAS Bologna within 6 months from the closure of the related Final Design Review (FDR), while the delivery of all the cameras shall be completed within 18 months from the closure of the FDR.

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