AO operations at the W. M. Keck Observatory

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7016, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Campbell, Randall D ^a   Le Mignant, David ^a   Van Dam, Marcos A ^a   Conrad, Al ^a   Grace, Kenny ^a   Kassis, Marc ^a   Lyke, James E ^a   Tran, Hien ^a   Chin, Jason C Y ^a   Chock, Elizabeth ^a   Doyle, Steven ^a   Goodrich, Robert W ^a   Johansson, Erik M ^a   Krasuski, Tomas ^a   Melcher, Christine ^a   Summers, Douglas M ^a   Sumner, Roger C ^a   Wizinowich, Peter L ^a  

^a W M KECK OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Keck Observatory; Laser guide star; Telescope operations

Indexed keywords

IMPACT ANALYSIS; KECK OBSERVATORY; LASER GUIDE STAR; NATURAL GUIDE STAR; OBSERVING EFFICIENCY; SAFETY PROCEDURE; SCIENCE OPERATIONS; TELESCOPE OPERATIONS; WAVE FRONT SENSORS;

BUILDINGS; IMAGE QUALITY; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SATELLITE NAVIGATION AIDS; WAVEFRONTS;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING;

EID: 66949138861     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.790118     Document Type: Conference Paper

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