'Ao systems' presentation slideshows

An Adaptive Optics Road Map Presentation to the AURA Board 7 February 2001

An Adaptive Optics Road Map Presentation to the AURA Board 7 February 2001. A Renaissance in Groundbased IR (even Optical) Astronomy?. Based on presentation to the NSF by Steve Strom. HISTORICAL CONTEXT.

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Instrumentation Program SAC meeting, Dec 13-15, 2006

Instrumentation Program SAC meeting, Dec 13-15, 2006. David Crampton. This talk. First light instrumentation (including AO) cost estimates Plan for development of future instrumentation Silva cartoon of development costs General comments on instruments 3 - N Requests to SAC.

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Announcements

Announcements. No lab this week due to observing night last night There will be a lab after class next week. If the skies are clear e xpect to stay out until at least 10pm

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Introduction to the Center for Adaptive Optics

Introduction to the Center for Adaptive Optics. Winter 2003. What is Adaptive Optics?. Adaptive Optics (AO) refers to optical systems which adapt to compensate for optical effects introduced by the medium between the object and its image. In Astronomy:

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MCAO at CfAO meeting

MCAO at CfAO meeting. M. Le Louarn CfAO - UC Santa Cruz Nov. 22 2000. Goal of MCAO modeling. Can one use 1 NGS measuring 5 modes instead of 3 NGS measuring TT ? Limiting magnitude with NGS ? Sky coverage ? Astrophysical implications of MCAO

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System-wide issues

System-wide issues. Before we get to the telescope System integration and verification at the telescope Operations Maintenance and support. Before we get to the telescope. Design validation

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Our Mission

Our Mission. Visible detectors fully matching the requirements of Adaptive Optics wavefront sensors for 10m class telescopes do not yet exist: current detectors have frame rates which are too slow and which are too noisy for the second generation of AO systems.

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