Status of the NGS Adaptive Optic System at the MMT Telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5490, Issue PART 1, 2004, Pages 207-215

  Miller, D L ^a   Brusa, G ^a   Kenworthy, M ^a   Hinz, P ^a   Fisher, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Adaptive secondary mirrors; Deformable mirrors

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; ACTUATORS; CAMERAS; ELECTRIC COILS; FORMABILITY; LIGHT; MIRRORS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ADAPTIVE SECONDARY MIRRORS; DEFORMABLE MIRRORS; MMT TELESCOPES; SHELL MIRROR;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 11144284046     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.552478     Document Type: Conference Paper

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