Physics – Optics
Scientific paper
Mar 2000
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000pasp..112..315w&link_type=abstract
The Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Volume 112, Issue 769, pp. 315-319.
Physics
Optics
98
Galaxies: Structure, Galaxy: Center, Instrumentation: Adaptive Optics, Planets And Satellites: Individual: Neptune
Scientific paper
Adaptive optics (AO) is a technology that corrects in real time for the blurring effects of atmospheric turbulence, in principle allowing Earth-bound telescopes to achieve their diffraction limit and to ``see'' as clearly as if they were in space. The power of AO using natural guide stars has been amply demonstrated in recent years on telescopes up to 3-4 m in diameter. The next breakthrough in astronomical resolution was expected to occur with the implementation of AO on the new generation of large, 8-10 m diameter telescopes. In this paper we report the initial results from the first of these AO systems, now coming on line on the 10 m diameter Keck II Telescope. The results include the highest angular resolution images ever obtained from a single telescope (0.022" and 0.040" at 0.85 and 1.65 μm wavelengths, respectively), as well as tests of system performance on three astronomical targets.
Acton Daniel S.
An Jinpeng
Avicola Kenneth
Brase J.
Gathright John
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