The blue multiunit spectroscopic explorer (BlueMUSE) on the VLT:  end-to-end simulator BlueSi

Martin Wendt; Norberto Castro; Sven Martens; John Pharo; Peter M. Weilbacher; Davor Krajnović; Johan Richard

doi:10.1117/12.3016927

25 July 2024 The blue multiunit spectroscopic explorer (BlueMUSE) on the VLT: end-to-end simulator BlueSi

Martin Wendt, Norberto Castro, Sven Martens, John Pharo, Peter M. Weilbacher, Davor Krajnović, Johan Richard

Proceedings Volume 13101, Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy VIII; 1310123 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3016927
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2024, Yokohama, Japan

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BlueMUSE is a blue, medium spectral resolution, panoramic integral-field spectrograph under development for the Very Large Telescope (VLT). We demonstrate and discuss an early End-To-End simulation software for final BlueMUSE datacube products. Early access to such simulations is key to a number of aspects already in the development stage of a new major instrument. We outline the software design choices, including lessons learned from the MUSE instrument in operation at the VLT since 2014. The current simulation software package is utilized to evaluate some of the technical specifications of BlueMUSE as well as giving assistance in the assessment of certain tradeoffs regarding instrument capabilities, e.g., spatial and spectral resolution and sampling. By providing simulations of the end-user product including realistic environmental conditions such as sky contamination and seeing, BlueSi can be used to devise and prepare the science of the instrument by individual research teams.

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Martin Wendt, Norberto Castro, Sven Martens, John Pharo, Peter M. Weilbacher, Davor Krajnović, and Johan Richard "The blue multiunit spectroscopic explorer (BlueMUSE) on the VLT: end-to-end simulator BlueSi", Proc. SPIE 13101, Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy VIII, 1310123 (25 July 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3016927

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