SAM sees the light

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7736, Issue PART 1, 2010, Pages

  Tokovinin, Andrei ^a   Tighe, Roberto ^a   Schurter, Patricio ^a   Cantarutti, Rolando ^a   Van Der Bliek, Nicole ^a   Martinez, Manuel ^a   Mondaca, Eduardo ^a   Montané, Andrés ^a   Cortés, Wolnays Naudy ^a  

^a CERRO TOLOLO INTER AMERICAN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Laser guide star

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MODULES; BEAM TRANSFER OPTICS; IMAGE CORRECTION; LASER GUIDE STAR; LASER LAUNCH TELESCOPES; LUCKY IMAGING; NATURAL GUIDE STAR; POLARIZATION CONTROL; PROGRESS REPORT; STAND -ALONE; TIME CONSTANTS; UV LASERS; WAVE FRONT SENSORS;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SCHEDULING;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 77956789013     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.856407     Document Type: Conference Paper

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