Ground-based adaptive optics observations with orbiting nanosatellite (GO-ON)

G. Di Rico; M. Dolci; F. Pedichini; G. Rodeghiero; E. Portaluri; M. Cantiello; S. Simonetti; A. Ceriello; R. Fortezza; C. Arcidiacono; S. Zaggia; S. Antoniucci; R. Speziali; G. Agapito; E. Pinna; M. Xompero; I. Di Antonio; R. Ragazzoni; S. Esposito; A. Fontana

doi:10.1117/12.2561448

13 December 2020 Ground-based adaptive optics observations with orbiting nanosatellite (GO-ON)

G. Di Rico, M. Dolci, F. Pedichini, G. Rodeghiero, E. Portaluri, M. Cantiello, S. Simonetti, A. Ceriello, R. Fortezza, C. Arcidiacono, S. Zaggia, S. Antoniucci, R. Speziali, G. Agapito, E. Pinna, M. Xompero, I. Di Antonio, R. Ragazzoni, S. Esposito, A. Fontana

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Proceedings Volume 11448, Adaptive Optics Systems VII; 1144874 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561448
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2020, Online Only

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Despite the ability to remove the degradation introduced by the atmospheric turbulence has dramatically improved in the last years, in particular for NGS based systems, sky-coverage is one of the major issues for ground-based observations with current and future AO-assisted telescopes. Although new LGS WFS concepts have been recently proposed to strongly improve performances, the use of LGS, to increase the limited sky-coverage, still remains a significant bottleneck, severely limiting the exploitation of the enormous capabilities of current and already planned AO instrumentation on the 8-10m class telescopes and the upcoming ELTs. The progressive advancement of AO and the advent of CubeSat technologies, have led to the possibility of providing the largest ground-based AO facilities with suitable Satellite Guide Stars (SGS) as reference, to overcome the sky-coverage problem and achieve unprecedented scientific results. This perspective has induced numerous research institutes around the world to collaborate and to propose new ambitious space programs. The Ground-based adaptive optics Observations with Orbiting Nanosatellite (GO-ON) mission aims to design, develop and launch a CubeSat pathfinder, to assist astronomical observations at the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT). This mission will demonstrate, for the first time, the readiness of space and ground-based technologies and validate this new paradigm for future scientific programs with the ELTs, enabling transformative science across many fields of astrophysics.

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G. Di Rico, M. Dolci, F. Pedichini, G. Rodeghiero, E. Portaluri, M. Cantiello, S. Simonetti, A. Ceriello, R. Fortezza, C. Arcidiacono, S. Zaggia, S. Antoniucci, R. Speziali, G. Agapito, E. Pinna, M. Xompero, I. Di Antonio, R. Ragazzoni, S. Esposito, and A. Fontana "Ground-based adaptive optics observations with orbiting nanosatellite (GO-ON)", Proc. SPIE 11448, Adaptive Optics Systems VII, 1144874 (13 December 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561448

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