Sky coverage and PSF shape with LGS AO on 8 m telescopes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3353, Issue , 1998, Pages 364-370

  Le Louarn, Miska ^a,b   Hubin, Norbert N ^a   Foy, Renaud ^b   Tallon, Michel ^b  

^a EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Laser guide stars; Point spread function; Sky coverage

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; LASERS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; SATELLITE NAVIGATION AIDS; STARS;

ASTRO-PHYSICAL OBJECTS; ATMOSPHERIC MODELS; CONE EFFECTS; CROSS CORRELATIONS; K BANDS; LASER GUIDE STAR ADAPTIVE OPTICS; LASER GUIDE STARS; MODAL DECOMPOSITIONS; NATURAL GUIDE STARS; OFF-AXIS; POINT SPREAD FUNCTION; REFERENCE STARS; SKY COVERAGE; STELLAR DENSITIES;

OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION;

EID: 0041723771     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.321752     Document Type: Conference Paper

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