A new acquisition, guiding and image quality monitoring system for the W. M. Keck Observatory

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6269 III, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Adkins, Sean M ^a   Matsuda, Richard H ^a  

^a W M KECK OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Guider Camera; Guiding; Wavefront Sensing

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; IMAGING SYSTEMS; OPTICAL DESIGN; PHOTOMETRY; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES; WAVEFRONTS;

AUTOMATIC FOCUS CONTROL; GUIDER CAMERA; GUIDING HARDWARE; WAVEFRONT SENSING; WAVELENGTH BAND ACQUISITION;

IMAGE QUALITY;

EID: 33749318057     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.672474     Document Type: Conference Paper

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