Compensating for differential atmospheric refraction in the W. M. Keck Observatory adaptive optics system

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4839, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 943-953

  Stomski Jr , Paul J ^a   Le Mignant, D ^a   Wizinowich, P ^a   Campbell, R ^a   Goodrich, R ^a  

^a W M KECK OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Differential atmospheric refraction; Keck Observatory

Indexed keywords

IMAGE QUALITY; LIGHT REFRACTION; METEOROLOGY; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL SENSORS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SPECTROSCOPY; WAVEFRONTS;

DIFFERENTIAL ATMOSPHERIC REFRACTION (DAR);

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 0038060495     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.459690     Document Type: Conference Paper

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