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How to be a savvy consumer and user of adaptive optics Lecture 12

Thursday will be our Lab activity. Meet here, and we'll walk over to the Lab for Adaptive Optics together (a 2 minute walk)Fourier Optics activity, AO Demonstrator activityI need a head count: who plans to come?. A Consumer's Reports guide to AO. What kinds of astronomy are helped by AO?For users

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How to be a savvy consumer and user of adaptive optics Lecture 12

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    1. How to be a savvy consumer and user of adaptive optics Lecture 12 Claire Max UC Santa Cruz November 1, 2011

    2. Thursday will be our Lab activity Meet here, and well walk over to the Lab for Adaptive Optics together (a 2 minute walk) Fourier Optics activity, AO Demonstrator activity I need a head count: who plans to come?

    3. A Consumers Reports guide to AO What kinds of astronomy are helped by AO? For users of astronomical AO: How to plan your observations What questions to ask when you get to the telescope Observing procedures For critical readers of AO papers in journals: How to assess the reality of AO results reported in the literature Which data should you take seriously? What are danger signs that should make you doubtful?

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