ASSIST

Critical to ESO’s DSM development (and therefore also to MUSE) is ASSIST: Adaptive Secondary Setup and Instrument STimulator. This facility will act as the primary test-bench for ESO’s DSM development, used for verifying control algorithms and hardware, functional validation of AO-Facility instruments, and ensuring the DSM operates at specification before being deployed at the VLT. ASSIST will be developed and assembled in Leiden and is due to start operation at ESO, Garching, mid 2011, in time for the DSM delivery.