Performance of ChAOS on the Apache Point Observatory's 3.5-m telescope

Edward J. Kibblewhite; Mark Richard Chun; James E. Larkin; Vijuna Scor; Fang Shi; Michael F. Smutko; Walter J. Wild

doi:10.1117/12.321726

11 September 1998 Performance of ChAOS on the Apache Point Observatory's 3.5-m telescope

Edward J. Kibblewhite, Mark Richard Chun, James E. Larkin, Vijuna Scor, Fang Shi, Michael F. Smutko, Walter J. Wild

Proceedings Volume 3353, Adaptive Optical System Technologies; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.321726
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 1998, Kona, HI, United States

Abstract

The Chicago Adaptive Optics System has been installed on the 3.5 meter ARC telescope at Apache Point for two years. Strehl improvements of 12 are obtained at 0.85 microns in 1- 2 arcsecond seeing. The major limitation in performance is set by the telescope vibrations.

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Edward J. Kibblewhite, Mark Richard Chun, James E. Larkin, Vijuna Scor, Fang Shi, Michael F. Smutko, and Walter J. Wild "Performance of ChAOS on the Apache Point Observatory's 3.5-m telescope", Proc. SPIE 3353, Adaptive Optical System Technologies, (11 September 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.321726

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