Update on optical design of adaptive optics system at Lick Observatory

Autor: Claire E. Max, Gary J. Freeze, Randall L. Hurd, Elinor L. Gates, Kenneth E. Waltjen, Scot S. Olivier, Brian J. Bauman, Deanna Marie Pennington, D. Gavel
Rok vydání: 2002
Předmět:
Zdroj: Adaptive Optics Systems and Technology II.
ISSN: 0277-786X
Popis: In 1999, we presented our plan to upgrade the adaptive optics (AO) system on the Lick Observatory Shane telescope (3m) from a prototype instrument pressed into field service to a facility instrument. This paper updates the progress of that plan and details several important improvements in the alignment and calibration of the AO bench. The paper also includes a discussion of the problems seen in the original design of the tip/tilt (t/t) sensor used in laser guide star mode, and how these problems were corrected with excellent results.
Databáze: OpenAIRE