Multiple guide star tomography demonstration at Palomar observatory

Autor: Mitchell Troy, J. Hickey, Benjamin C. Platt, J. Roberts, Jean C. Shelton, Viswa Velur, Matthew C. Britton, Richard Dekany, Ralf Flicker
Přispěvatelé: Ellerbroek, Brent L., Bonaccini Calia, Domenico
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2006
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Popis: We have built and field tested a multiple guide star tomograph with four Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensors. We predict the wavefront on the fourth sensor channel estimated using wavefront information from the other three channels using synchronously recorded data. This system helps in the design of wavefront sensors for future extremely large telescopes that will use multi conjugate adaptive optics and multi object adaptive optics. Different wavefront prediction algorithms are being tested with the data obtained. We describe the system, its current capabilities and some preliminary results.
Databáze: OpenAIRE