Adaptive Optics Telemetry Standard: Design and specification of a novel data exchange format

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Main Authors: Gomes, Tiago, Correia, Carlos M., Bardou, Lisa, Cetre, Sylvain, Kolb, Johann, Kulcsár, Caroline, Leroux, François, Morris, Timothy, Morujão, Nuno, Neichel, Benoît, Beuzit, Jean-Luc, Garcia, Paulo
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author Gomes, Tiago
Correia, Carlos M.
Bardou, Lisa
Cetre, Sylvain
Kolb, Johann
Kulcsár, Caroline
Leroux, François
Morris, Timothy
Morujão, Nuno
Neichel, Benoît
Beuzit, Jean-Luc
Garcia, Paulo
author_facet Gomes, Tiago
Correia, Carlos M.
Bardou, Lisa
Cetre, Sylvain
Kolb, Johann
Kulcsár, Caroline
Leroux, François
Morris, Timothy
Morujão, Nuno
Neichel, Benoît
Beuzit, Jean-Luc
Garcia, Paulo
contents The amount of Adaptive Optics (AO) telemetry generated by VIS/NIR ground-based observatories is ever greater, leading to a growing need for a standardised data exchange format to support performance analysis and AO research and development activities that involve large-scale telemetry mining, processing, and curation. This paper introduces the Adaptive Optics Telemetry (AOT) data exchange format as a standard for sharing AO telemetry from visible/infrared ground-based observatories. AOT is based on the Flexible Image Transport System (FITS) and aims to provide unambiguous and consistent data access across various systems and configurations, including natural and single/multiple laser guide-star AO systems. We designed AOT focused on two key use cases: atmospheric turbulence parameter estimation and point-spread function reconstruction (PSF-R). We prototyped and tested the design using existing AO telemetry datasets from multiple systems: single conjugate with natural and laser guide stars, tomographic systems with multi-channel wavefront sensors, single and multi wavefront correctors in systems featuring either a Shack-Hartmann or Pyramid as main wavefront sensors. The AOT file structure has been thoroughly defined, specifying data fields, descriptions, data types, units, and expected dimensions. To support this format, we have developed a Python package that enables data conversion, reading, writing and exploration of AOT files, which has been made publicly available and compatible with a general-purpose Python package manager. We demonstrate the flexibility of the AOT format by packaging data from five different instruments, installed on different telescopes.
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spellingShingle Adaptive Optics Telemetry Standard: Design and specification of a novel data exchange format
Gomes, Tiago
Correia, Carlos M.
Bardou, Lisa
Cetre, Sylvain
Kolb, Johann
Kulcsár, Caroline
Leroux, François
Morris, Timothy
Morujão, Nuno
Neichel, Benoît
Beuzit, Jean-Luc
Garcia, Paulo
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
The amount of Adaptive Optics (AO) telemetry generated by VIS/NIR ground-based observatories is ever greater, leading to a growing need for a standardised data exchange format to support performance analysis and AO research and development activities that involve large-scale telemetry mining, processing, and curation. This paper introduces the Adaptive Optics Telemetry (AOT) data exchange format as a standard for sharing AO telemetry from visible/infrared ground-based observatories. AOT is based on the Flexible Image Transport System (FITS) and aims to provide unambiguous and consistent data access across various systems and configurations, including natural and single/multiple laser guide-star AO systems. We designed AOT focused on two key use cases: atmospheric turbulence parameter estimation and point-spread function reconstruction (PSF-R). We prototyped and tested the design using existing AO telemetry datasets from multiple systems: single conjugate with natural and laser guide stars, tomographic systems with multi-channel wavefront sensors, single and multi wavefront correctors in systems featuring either a Shack-Hartmann or Pyramid as main wavefront sensors. The AOT file structure has been thoroughly defined, specifying data fields, descriptions, data types, units, and expected dimensions. To support this format, we have developed a Python package that enables data conversion, reading, writing and exploration of AOT files, which has been made publicly available and compatible with a general-purpose Python package manager. We demonstrate the flexibility of the AOT format by packaging data from five different instruments, installed on different telescopes.
title Adaptive Optics Telemetry Standard: Design and specification of a novel data exchange format
topic Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.08300