The laser guide star program for the LBT

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7015, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Rabien, S ^a   Ageorges, N ^a   Angel, R ^b   Brusa, G ^c   Brynnel, J ^c   Busoni, L ^d   Davies, R ^a   Deysenroth, M ^a   Esposito, S ^d   Gasslere W ^e   Genzel, R ^a   Green, R ^c   Haug, M ^a   Lloyd Hart, M ^b   Holzl G ^a   Masciadri, E ^d   Pogge, R ^f   Quirrenbach, A ^g   Rademacher, M ^b   Rix, H W ^e   Salinari, P ^d   Schwab, C ^g   Stalcup, T ^b   Storm, J ^h   Struder L ⁱ   Thiel, M ^a   Weigelt, G ^j   Ziegleder, J ^a   more..

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c Mount Graham International Observatory   (United States)

^d INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITÄT HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^h ASTROPHYSIKALISCHES INSTITUT POTSDAM   (Germany)

ⁱ MPI HALBLEITERLABOR   (Germany)

^j MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

more..

Author keywords

Ground layer adaptive optics; Large binocular telescope; Laser guide stars

Indexed keywords

DEFORMABLE SECONDARY MIRROR; DIFFRACTION LIMITED; GROUND BASED; GROUND LAYER ADAPTIVE OPTICS; GUIDE STAR; LARGE BINOCULAR TELESCOPE; LARGE TELESCOPES; LASER GUIDE STAR; LASER GUIDE STAR ADAPTIVE OPTICS; LASER GUIDE STARS; MULTI-OBJECT SPECTROGRAPH; NATURAL GUIDE STAR; NEAR-IR; RAYLEIGH GUIDE STARS; TELESCOPE DESIGN; UPGRADE PATH; WAVE FRONT SENSORS; WIDE FIELD;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; ARCTIC ENGINEERING; ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; BINOCULARS; INTERFEROMETRY; LASERS; LIGHT; SATELLITE NAVIGATION AIDS; SODIUM; STARS; TOMOGRAPHY;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 66949122165     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.788173     Document Type: Conference Paper

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