Schematic representation of MagAO-X’s coronagraphic arm. The AO-corrected beam is sent to the NCPC deformable mirror; then, it passes through a filter wheel containing different aperture stops; a stage with the forward PIAA lenses set can be moved in or out of the beam through motorised actuators; light is then focused on a filter wheel containing different focal plane masks; another filter wheel follows with different Lyot stops; any light reflected from the focal and pupil planes is sent to separate low-order wavefront sensing cameras; another motorised stage containing the inverse PIAA lenses set can be moved in and out of the beam; finally, light is sent to the science cameras.