Near infra-red astronomy with adaptive optics and laser guide stars at the Keck Observatory

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Aug 1995

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995spie.2534..412m&link_type=abstract

Conference Paper, SPIE Conference on Adaptive Optical System and Applications

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Adaptive Optics, Infrared Astronomy, Laser Guide Stars, Infrared Instruments, Hubble Space Telescope, Cameras, Comparison, Spectrometers, Astronomical Observatories

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A laser guide star adaptive optics system is being built for the W. M. Keck Observatory's 10-meter Keck 2 telescope. Two new near infra-red instruments will be used with this system: a high-resolution camera (NIRC 2) and an echelle spectrometer (NIRSPEC). The authors describe the expected capabilities of these instruments for high-resolution astronomy, using adaptive optics with either a natural star or a sodium-layer laser guide star as a reference. They compare the expected performance of these planned Keck adaptive optics instruments with that predicted for the NICMOS near infra-red camera, which is scheduled to be installed on the Hubble Space Telescope in 1997.

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