Image simulating tool for the next generation ESO instrument MAVIS. If you use MAVISIM please cite Monty et al. 2021.
1.1 - EtE PSF - more accurate representation of the PSF, suitable for photometric and astrometric science cases
Documentation can be found here
1.0 - Fourier PSF - fast, most flexibility for astrometric modeling
Documentation can be found here
- Can simulate full stellar field (eg. Milky Way Globular Cluster) from an input catalogue
- Models three major sources of astrometric error introduced by the AO system:
- Tip-tilt residuals originating from uncorrected LO aberrations (dependent on the NGS constellation brightness and geometry) field variable
- HO aberrations originating from the LGS constellation and characteristics field variable
- Static field distortion originating from the AO module optics
- Monochromatic images only
- Only compatible with input point source catalogues only
Broadband images! Starting with the V band
Extended object version, not yet in development.