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Spatio-angular Minimum-variance Tomographic Controller for Multi-Object Adaptive Optics systems

Multi-object astronomical adaptive-optics (MOAO) is now a mature wide-field observation mode to enlarge the adaptive-optics-corrected field in a few specific locations over tens of arc-minutes. The work-scope provided by open-loop…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-19 Carlos M. Correia , Kate Jackson , Jean-Pierre Veran , David Andersen , Olivier Lardiere , Colin Bradley

Off-axis point spread function characterisation in laser-guide star adaptive optics systems

Adaptive optics (AO) restore the angular resolution of ground-based telescopes, but at the cost of delivering a time- and space-varying point spread function (PSF) with a complex shape. PSF knowledge is crucial for breaking existing limits…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-17 O. Beltramo-Martin , C. M. Correia , E. Mieda , B. Neichel , T. Fusco , G. Witzel , J. Lu , J. -P. Véran

OGLE-2016-BLG-1195 AO: Lens, Companion to Lens or Source, or None of the Above?

We systematically investigate the claim by Vandorou et al. (2023) to have detected the host star of the low mass-ratio ($q<10^{-4}$) microlensing planet OGLE-2016-BLG-1195Lb, via Keck adaptive optics (AO) measurements $\Delta t=4.12\,$yr…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-03-17 Andrew Gould , Yossi Shvartzvald , Jiyuan Zhang , Jennifer C. Yee , Sebastiano Calchi Novati , Weicheng Zang , Eran O. Ofek

Funding for Adaptive Optics in the United States by the National Science Foundation 2006-2009: An Update

In 2006 I published an article in GeminiFocus that examined funding for astronomical adaptive optics related technology and instrumentation in the United States from 1995 through mid-2006. That article concluded that based on projections…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-10 Jay A. Frogel

Prospects of Deep Field Surveys with Global-MCAO on an ELT

Several astronomical surveys aimed at the investigation of the extragalactic components were carried out in order to map systematically the universe and its constituents. An excellent level of detail is needed, and it is possible only using…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-14 Elisa Portaluri , Valentina Viotto , Roberto Ragazzoni , Marco Gullieuszik , Maria Bergomi , Federico Biondi , Elena Carolo , Simonetta Chinellato , Marco Dima , Jacopo Farinato , Davide Greggio , Demetrio Magrin , Luca Marafatto , Gabriele Umbriaco , Daniele Vassallo

A Design Study on Adaptive Primaries for 1-2 Meter Class Telescopes

Adaptive optics (AO) offers an opportunity to stabilize an image and maximize the spatial resolution achievable by ground based telescopes by removing the distortions due to the atmosphere. Typically, the deformable mirror in an AO system…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-30 J. Fowler , Rachel Bowens-Rubin , Philip M. Hinz

An adaptive optics upgrade for the Automated Planet Finder Telescope using an adaptive secondary mirror

As we enter the era of TESS and JWST, instrumentation that can carry out radial velocity measurements of exoplanet systems is in high demand. We will address this demand by upgrading the UC Lick Observatory's 2.4-meter Automated Planet…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-29 Rachel Bowens-Rubin , Arjo Bos , Philip Hinz , Bradford Holden , Matt Radovan

Research Output from Lick Observatory for 1965-2019

The productivity of Lick Observatory (LO) is reviewed over the years from 1965 to 2019, a 55 yr period which commences with the Shane 3 m telescope being the second-largest astronomical reflector in the world, but transitions into the era…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-10-23 Graeme H. Smith , Matthew Shetrone

Robo-AO: autonomous and replicable laser-adaptive-optics and science system

We have created a new autonomous laser-guide-star adaptive-optics (AO) instrument on the 60-inch (1.5-m) telescope at Palomar Observatory called Robo-AO. The instrument enables diffraction-limited resolution observing in the visible and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-10-03 C. Baranec , R. Riddle , A. N. Ramaprakash , N. Law , S. Tendulkar , S. Kulkarni , R. Dekany , K. Bui , J. Davis , M. Burse , H. Das , S. Hildebrandt , S. Punnadi , R. Smith

The Simons Observatory: Science Goals and Forecasts for the Enhanced Large Aperture Telescope

We describe updated scientific goals for the wide-field, millimeter-wave survey that will be produced by the Simons Observatory (SO). Significant upgrades to the 6-meter SO Large Aperture Telescope (LAT) are expected to be complete by 2028,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-11 The Simons Observatory Collaboration , M. Abitbol , I. Abril-Cabezas , S. Adachi , P. Ade , A. E. Adler , P. Agrawal , J. Aguirre , Z. Ahmed , S. Aiola , T. Alford , A. Ali , D. Alonso , M. A. Alvarez , R. An , K. Arnold , P. Ashton , Z. Atkins , J. Austermann , S. Azzoni , C. Baccigalupi , A. Baleato Lizancos , D. Barron , P. Barry , J. Bartlett , N. Battaglia , R. Battye , E. Baxter , A. Bazarko , J. A. Beall , R. Bean , D. Beck , S. Beckman , J. Begin , A. Beheshti , B. Beringue , T. Bhandarkar , S. Bhimani , F. Bianchini , E. Biermann , S. Biquard , B. Bixler , S. Boada , D. Boettger , B. Bolliet , J. R. Bond , J. Borrill , J. Borrow , C. Braithwaite , T. L. R. Brien , M. L. Brown , S. M. Bruno , S. Bryan , R. Bustos , H. Cai , E. Calabrese , V. Calafut , F. M. Carl , A. Carones , J. Carron , A. Challinor , P. Chanial , N. Chen , K. Cheung , B. Chiang , Y. Chinone , J. Chluba , H. S. Cho , S. K. Choi , M. Chu , J. Clancy , S. E. Clark , P. Clarke , J. Cleary , D. L. Clements , J. Connors , C. Contaldi , G. Coppi , L. Corbett , N. F. Cothard , W. Coulton , K. D. Crowley , K. T. Crowley , A. Cukierman , J. M. D'Ewart , K. Dachlythra , R. Datta , S. Day-Weiss , T. de Haan , M. Devlin , L. Di Mascolo , S. Dicker , B. Dober , C. Doux , P. Dow , S. Doyle , C. J. Duell , S. M. Duff , A. J. Duivenvoorden , J. Dunkley , D. Dutcher , R. Dünner , M. Edenton , H. El Bouhargani , J. Errard , G. Fabbian , V. Fanfani , G. S. Farren , J. Fergusson , S. Ferraro , R. Flauger , A. Foster , K. Freese , J. C. Frisch , A. Frolov , G. Fuller , N. Galitzki , P. A. Gallardo , J. T. Galvez Ghersi , K. Ganga , J. Gao , X. Garrido , E. Gawiser , M. Gerbino , R. Gerras , S. Giardiello , A. Gill , V. Gilles , U. Giri , E. Gleave , V. Gluscevic , N. Goeckner-Wald , J. E. Golec , S. Gordon , M. Gralla , S. Gratton , D. Green , J. C. Groh , C. Groppi , Y. Guan , N. Gupta , J. E. Guðmundsson , S. Hagstotz , P. Hargrave , S. Haridas , K. Harrington , I. Harrison , M. Hasegawa , M. Hasselfield , V. Haynes , M. Hazumi , A. He , E. Healy , S. W. Henderson , B. S. Hensley , E. Hertig , C. Hervías-Caimapo , M. Higuchi , C. A. Hill , J. C. Hill , G. Hilton , M. Hilton , A. D. Hincks , G. Hinshaw , R. Hložek , A. Y. Q. Ho , S. Ho , S. P. Ho , T. D. Hoang , J. Hoh , E. Hornecker , A. L. Hornsby , S. C. Hotinli , Z. Huang , Z. B. Huber , J. Hubmayr , K. Huffenberger , J. P. Hughes , A. Idicherian Lonappan , M. Ikape , K. Irwin , J. Iuliano , A. H. Jaffe , B. Jain , H. T. Jense , O. Jeong , A. Johnson , B. R. Johnson , M. Johnson , M. Jones , B. Jost , D. Kaneko , E. D. Karpel , Y. Kasai , N. Katayama , B. Keating , B. Keller , R. Keskitalo , J. Kim , T. Kisner , K. Kiuchi , J. Klein , K. Knowles , A. M. Kofman , B. J. Koopman , A. Kosowsky , R. Kou , N. Krachmalnicoff , D. Kramer , A. Krishak , A. Krolewski , A. Kusaka , A. Kusiak , P. La Plante , A. La Posta , A. Laguë , J. Lashner , M. Lattanzi , A. Lee , E. Lee , J. Leech , C. Lessler , J. S. Leung , A. Lewis , Y. Li , Z. Li , M. Limon , L. Lin , M. Link , J. Liu , Y. Liu , J. Lonergan , T. Louis , T. Lucas , M. Ludlam , M. Lungu , M. Lyons , N. MacCrann , A. MacInnis , M. Madhavacheril , D. Mak , F. Maldonado , M. Mallaby-Kay , A. Manduca , A. Mangu , H. Mani , A. S. Maniyar , G. A. Marques , J. Mates , T. Matsumura , P. Mauskopf , A. May , N. McCallum , H. McCarrick , F. McCarthy , M. McCulloch , J. McMahon , P. D. Meerburg , Y. Mehta , J. Melin , J. Meyers , A. Middleton , A. Miller , M. Mirmelstein , K. Moodley , J. Moore , M. Morshed , T. Morton , E. Moser , T. Mroczkowski , M. Murata , M. Münchmeyer , S. Naess , H. Nakata , T. Namikawa , M. Nashimoto , F. Nati , P. Natoli , M. Negrello , S. K. Nerval , L. Newburgh , D. V. Nguyen , A. Nicola , M. D. Niemack , H. Nishino , Y. Nishinomiya , A. Orlando , J. Orlowski-Scherer , L. Pagano , L. A. Page , S. Pandey , A. Papageorgiou , I. Paraskevakos , B. Partridge , R. Patki , M. Peel , K. Perez Sarmiento , F. Perrotta , P. Phakathi , L. Piccirillo , E. Pierpaoli , T. Pinsonneault-Marotte , G. Pisano , D. Poletti , R. Puddu , G. Puglisi , F. J. Qu , M. J. Randall , C. Ranucci , C. Raum , R. Reeves , C. L. Reichardt , M. Remazeilles , Y. Rephaeli , D. Riechers , J. Robe , M. F. Robertson , N. Robertson , K. Rogers , F. Rojas , A. Romero , E. Rosenberg , A. Rotti , S. Rowe , A. Roy , S. Sadeh , N. Sailer , K. Sakaguri , T. Sakuma , Y. Sakurai , M. Salatino , G. H. Sanders , D. Sasaki , M. Sathyanarayana Rao , T. P. Satterthwaite , L. Saunders , L. Scalcinati , E. Schaan , B. Schmitt , M. Schmittfull , N. Sehgal , J. Seibert , Y. Seino , U. Seljak , S. Shaikh , E. Shaw , P. Shellard , B. Sherwin , M. Shimon , J. E. Shroyer , C. Sierra , J. Sievers , C. Sifón , P. Sikhosana , M. Silva-Feaver , S. M. Simon , A. Sinclair , K. Smith , W. Sohn , X. Song , R. F. Sonka , D. Spergel , J. Spisak , S. T. Staggs , G. Stein , J. R. Stevens , R. Stompor , E. Storer , R. Sudiwala , J. Sugiyama , K. M. Surrao , S. Sutariya , A. Suzuki , J. Suzuki , O. Tajima , S. Takakura , A. Takeuchi , I. Tansieri , A. C. Taylor , G. Teply , T. Terasaki , A. Thomas , D. B. Thomas , R. Thornton , H. Trac , T. Tsan , E. Tsang King Sang , C. Tucker , J. Ullom , L. Vacher , L. Vale , A. van Engelen , J. Van Lanen , J. van Marrewijk , D. D. Van Winkle , C. Vargas , E. M. Vavagiakis , I. Veenendaal , C. Vergès , M. Vissers , M. Viña , K. Wagoner , S. Walker , L. Walters , Y. Wang , B. Westbrook , J. Williams , P. Williams , H. Winch , E. J. Wollack , K. Wolz , J. Wong , Z. Xu , K. Yamada , E. Young , B. Yu , C. Yu , M. Zannoni , K. Zheng , N. Zhu , A. Zonca , I. Zubeldia

Maximizing Science in the Era of LSST: A Community-Based Study of Needed US Capabilities

The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) will be a discovery machine for the astronomy and physics communities, revealing astrophysical phenomena from the Solar System to the outer reaches of the observable Universe. While many…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-07 Joan Najita , Beth Willman , Douglas P. Finkbeiner , Ryan J. Foley , Suzanne Hawley , Jeffrey A. Newman , Gregory Rudnick , Joshua D. Simon , David Trilling , Rachel Street , Adam Bolton , Ruth Angus , Eric F. Bell , Derek Buzasi , David Ciardi , James R. A. Davenport , Will Dawson , Mark Dickinson , Alex Drlica-Wagner , Jay Elias , Dawn Erb , Lori Feaga , Wen-fai Fong , Eric Gawiser , Mark Giampapa , Puragra Guhathakurta , Jennifer L. Hoffman , Henry Hsieh , Elise Jennings , Kathryn V. Johnston , Vinay Kashyap , Ting S. Li , Eric Linder , Rachel Mandelbaum , Phil Marshall , Thomas Matheson , Soren Meibom , Bryan W. Miller , John O'Meara , Vishnu Reddy , Steve Ridgway , Constance M. Rockosi , David J. Sand , Chad Schafer , Sam Schmidt , Branimir Sesar , Scott S. Sheppard , Cristina A. Thomas , Erik J. Tollerud , Jon Trump , Anja von der Linden

Robo-AO: An Autonomous Laser Adaptive Optics and Science System

Robo-AO, a fully autonomous, laser guide star adaptive optics and science system, is being commissioned at Palomar Observatory's 60-inch telescope. Here we discuss the instrument, scientific goals and results of initial on-sky operation.

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-12-05 Christoph Baranec , Reed Riddle , A. N. Ramaprakash , Nicholas Law , Shriharsh Tendulkar , Shrinivas Kulkarni , Richard Dekany , Khanh Bui , Jack Davis , Jeff Zolkower , Jason Fucik , Mahesh Burse , Hillol Das , Pravin Chordia , Mansi Kasliwal , Eran Ofek , Timothy Morton , John Johnson

LSST Science Book, Version 2.0

A survey that can cover the sky in optical bands over wide fields to faint magnitudes with a fast cadence will enable many of the exciting science opportunities of the next decade. The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) will have an…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 LSST Science Collaboration , Paul A. Abell , Julius Allison , Scott F. Anderson , John R. Andrew , J. Roger P. Angel , Lee Armus , David Arnett , S. J. Asztalos , Tim S. Axelrod , Stephen Bailey , D. R. Ballantyne , Justin R. Bankert , Wayne A. Barkhouse , Jeffrey D. Barr , L. Felipe Barrientos , Aaron J. Barth , James G. Bartlett , Andrew C. Becker , Jacek Becla , Timothy C. Beers , Joseph P. Bernstein , Rahul Biswas , Michael R. Blanton , Joshua S. Bloom , John J. Bochanski , Pat Boeshaar , Kirk D. Borne , Marusa Bradac , W. N. Brandt , Carrie R. Bridge , Michael E. Brown , Robert J. Brunner , James S. Bullock , Adam J. Burgasser , James H. Burge , David L. Burke , Phillip A. Cargile , Srinivasan Chandrasekharan , George Chartas , Steven R. Chesley , You-Hua Chu , David Cinabro , Mark W. Claire , Charles F. Claver , Douglas Clowe , A. J. Connolly , Kem H. Cook , Jeff Cooke , Asantha Cooray , Kevin R. Covey , Christopher S. Culliton , Roelof de Jong , Willem H. de Vries , Victor P. Debattista , Francisco Delgado , Ian P. Dell'Antonio , Saurav Dhital , Rosanne Di Stefano , Mark Dickinson , Benjamin Dilday , S. G. Djorgovski , Gregory Dobler , Ciro Donalek , Gregory Dubois-Felsmann , Josef Durech , Ardis Eliasdottir , Michael Eracleous , Laurent Eyer , Emilio E. Falco , Xiaohui Fan , Christopher D. Fassnacht , Harry C. Ferguson , Yanga R. Fernandez , Brian D. Fields , Douglas Finkbeiner , Eduardo E. Figueroa , Derek B. Fox , Harold Francke , James S. Frank , Josh Frieman , Sebastien Fromenteau , Muhammad Furqan , Gaspar Galaz , A. Gal-Yam , Peter Garnavich , Eric Gawiser , John Geary , Perry Gee , Robert R. Gibson , Kirk Gilmore , Emily A. Grace , Richard F. Green , William J. Gressler , Carl J. Grillmair , Salman Habib , J. S. Haggerty , Mario Hamuy , Alan W. Harris , Suzanne L. Hawley , Alan F. Heavens , Leslie Hebb , Todd J. Henry , Edward Hileman , Eric J. Hilton , Keri Hoadley , J. B. Holberg , Matt J. Holman , Steve B. Howell , Leopoldo Infante , Zeljko Ivezic , Suzanne H. Jacoby , Bhuvnesh Jain , R , Jedicke , M. James Jee , J. Garrett Jernigan , Saurabh W. Jha , Kathryn V. Johnston , R. Lynne Jones , Mario Juric , Mikko Kaasalainen , Styliani , Kafka , Steven M. Kahn , Nathan A. Kaib , Jason Kalirai , Jeff Kantor , Mansi M. Kasliwal , Charles R. Keeton , Richard Kessler , Zoran Knezevic , Adam Kowalski , Victor L. Krabbendam , K. Simon Krughoff , Shrinivas Kulkarni , Stephen Kuhlman , Mark Lacy , Sebastien Lepine , Ming Liang , Amy Lien , Paulina Lira , Knox S. Long , Suzanne Lorenz , Jennifer M. Lotz , R. H. Lupton , Julie Lutz , Lucas M. Macri , Ashish A. Mahabal , Rachel Mandelbaum , Phil Marshall , Morgan May , Peregrine M. McGehee , Brian T. Meadows , Alan Meert , Andrea Milani , Christopher J. Miller , Michelle Miller , David Mills , Dante Minniti , David Monet , Anjum S. Mukadam , Ehud Nakar , Douglas R. Neill , Jeffrey A. Newman , Sergei Nikolaev , Martin Nordby , Paul O'Connor , Masamune Oguri , John Oliver , Scot S. Olivier , Julia K. Olsen , Knut Olsen , Edward W. Olszewski , Hakeem Oluseyi , Nelson D. Padilla , Alex Parker , Joshua Pepper , John R. Peterson , Catherine Petry , Philip A. Pinto , James L. Pizagno , Bogdan Popescu , Andrej Prsa , Veljko Radcka , M. Jordan Raddick , Andrew Rasmussen , Arne Rau , Jeonghee Rho , James E. Rhoads , Gordon T. Richards , Stephen T. Ridgway , Brant E. Robertson , Rok Roskar , Abhijit Saha , Ata Sarajedini , Evan Scannapieco , Terry Schalk , Rafe Schindler , Samuel Schmidt , Sarah Schmidt , Donald P. Schneider , German Schumacher , Ryan Scranton , Jacques Sebag , Lynn G. Seppala , Ohad Shemmer , Joshua D. Simon , M. Sivertz , Howard A. Smith , J. Allyn Smith , Nathan Smith , Anna H. Spitz , Adam Stanford , Keivan G. Stassun , Jay Strader , Michael A. Strauss , Christopher W. Stubbs , Donald W. Sweeney , Alex Szalay , Paula Szkody , Masahiro Takada , Paul Thorman , David E. Trilling , Virginia Trimble , Anthony Tyson , Richard Van Berg , Daniel Vanden Berk , Jake VanderPlas , Licia Verde , Bojan Vrsnak , Lucianne M. Walkowicz , Benjamin D. Wandelt , Sheng Wang , Yun Wang , Michael Warner , Risa H. Wechsler , Andrew A. West , Oliver Wiecha , Benjamin F. Williams , Beth Willman , David Wittman , Sidney C. Wolff , W. Michael Wood-Vasey , Przemek Wozniak , Patrick Young , Andrew Zentner , Hu Zhan

Science-Driven Optimization of the LSST Observing Strategy

The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope is designed to provide an unprecedented optical imaging dataset that will support investigations of our Solar System, Galaxy and Universe, across half the sky and over ten years of repeated observation.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-16 LSST Science Collaboration , Phil Marshall , Timo Anguita , Federica B. Bianco , Eric C. Bellm , Niel Brandt , Will Clarkson , Andy Connolly , Eric Gawiser , Zeljko Ivezic , Lynne Jones , Michelle Lochner , Michael B. Lund , Ashish Mahabal , David Nidever , Knut Olsen , Stephen Ridgway , Jason Rhodes , Ohad Shemmer , David Trilling , Kathy Vivas , Lucianne Walkowicz , Beth Willman , Peter Yoachim , Scott Anderson , Pierre Antilogus , Ruth Angus , Iair Arcavi , Humna Awan , Rahul Biswas , Keaton J. Bell , David Bennett , Chris Britt , Derek Buzasi , Dana I. Casetti-Dinescu , Laura Chomiuk , Chuck Claver , Kem Cook , James Davenport , Victor Debattista , Seth Digel , Zoheyr Doctor , R. E. Firth , Ryan Foley , Wen-fai Fong , Lluis Galbany , Mark Giampapa , John E. Gizis , Melissa L. Graham , Carl Grillmair , Phillipe Gris , Zoltan Haiman , Patrick Hartigan , Suzanne Hawley , Renee Hlozek , Saurabh W. Jha , C. Johns-Krull , Shashi Kanbur , Vassiliki Kalogera , Vinay Kashyap , Vishal Kasliwal , Richard Kessler , Alex Kim , Peter Kurczynski , Ofer Lahav , Michael C. Liu , Alex Malz , Raffaella Margutti , Tom Matheson , Jason D. McEwen , Peregrine McGehee , Soren Meibom , Josh Meyers , Dave Monet , Eric Neilsen , Jeffrey Newman , Matt O'Dowd , Hiranya V. Peiris , Matthew T. Penny , Christina Peters , Radoslaw Poleski , Kara Ponder , Gordon Richards , Jeonghee Rho , David Rubin , Samuel Schmidt , Robert L. Schuhmann , Avi Shporer , Colin Slater , Nathan Smith , Marcelles Soares-Santos , Keivan Stassun , Jay Strader , Michael Strauss , Rachel Street , Christopher Stubbs , Mark Sullivan , Paula Szkody , Virginia Trimble , Tony Tyson , Miguel de Val-Borro , Stefano Valenti , Robert Wagoner , W. Michael Wood-Vasey , Bevin Ashley Zauderer

Next Generation LSST Science

The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) can advance scientific frontiers beyond its groundbreaking 10-year survey. Here we explore opportunities for extended operations with proposal-based observing strategies, new filters, or…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-23 Saurabh W. Jha , Federica Bianco , W. Niel Brandt , Gaspar Galaz , Eric Gawiser , John Gizis , Renée Hložek , Sugata Kaviraj , Jeffrey A. Newman , Aprajita Verma , W. Michael Wood-Vasey

Laser Guide Star uplink beam: scattering and Raman emission measurements with the 10.4m Gran Telescopio CANARIAS

Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics (LGS-AO) is becoming routine in several astronomical observatories. The use of powerful lasers generates sensible Raman emissions on the uplink laser beam path, plus secondary Rayleigh scattering from…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-17 G. Lombardi , D. Bonaccini Calia , M. Centrone , A. de Ugarte Postigo , S. Geier

Beam shaping for laser-based adaptive optics in astronomy

The availability and performance of laser-based adaptive optics (AO) systems are strongly dependent on the power and quality of the laser beam before being projected to the sky. Frequent and time-consuming alignment procedures are usually…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-05-23 Clémentine Béchet , Andrés Guesalaga , Benoit Neichel , Vincent Fesquet , Héctor González-Núñez , Sebastián Zúñiga , Pedro Escarate , Dani Guzman

Design of the wavefront sensor unit of ARGOS, the LBT laser guide star system

ARGOS is the laser guide star ground layer adaptive optics system of the LBT. ARGOS is designed to bring a moderate but uniform reduction of the PSF size over a FoV as large as 4x4arcmin, allowing a significative increase of the science…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-03-23 Marco Bonaglia

The Galactic O-Star Spectroscopic Survey (GOSSS)

We present a massive spectroscopic survey of Galactic O stars, GOSSS, based on new, high signal-to-noise ratio, R~2500 blue-violet digital observations from both hemispheres. The sample size and selection criteria; the relationship between…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-10-29 J. Maíz Apellániz , A. Sota , N. R. Walborn , E. J. Alfaro , R. H. Barbá , N. I. Morrell , R. C. Gamen , J. I. Arias , M. Penadés Ordaz

The Robo-AO software: Fully autonomous operation of a laser guide star adaptive optics and science system

Robo-AO is the first astronomical laser guide star adaptive optics (AO) system designed to operate completely independent of human supervision. A single computer commands the AO system, the laser guide star, visible and near-infrared…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-01-30 Reed L. Riddle , Mahesh P. Burse , Nicholas M. Law , Shriharsh P. Tendulkar , Christoph Baranec , Alexander R. Rudy , Marland Sitt , Ankit Arya , Athanasios Papadopoulos , A. N. Ramaprakash , Richard G. Dekany