Solar adaptive optics: a progress report

Thomas R. Rimmele; Kit Richards; Steven L. Hegwer; Deqing Ren; S. Fletcher; Scott Gregory; Leonid V. Didkovsky; Carsten J. Denker; William Marquette; J. Marino; Philip R. Goode

doi:10.1117/12.457018

7 February 2003 Solar adaptive optics: a progress report

Thomas R. Rimmele, Kit Richards, Steven L. Hegwer, Deqing Ren, S. Fletcher, Scott Gregory, Leonid V. Didkovsky, Carsten J. Denker, William Marquette, J. Marino, Philip R. Goode

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Proceedings Volume 4839, Adaptive Optical System Technologies II; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.457018
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 2002, Waikoloa, Hawai'i, United States

Abstract

We present a progress report of the solar adaptive optics (AO) development program at the National Solar Observatory (NSO) and the Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO). Examples of diffraction-limited observations obtained with the NSO low-order solar adaptive optics system at the Dunn Solar Telescope (DST) are presented. The design of the high order adaptive optics systems that will be deployed at the DST and the BBSO is discussed. The high order systems will provide diffraction-limited observations of the Sun in median seeing conditions at both sites.

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Thomas R. Rimmele, Kit Richards, Steven L. Hegwer, Deqing Ren, S. Fletcher, Scott Gregory, Leonid V. Didkovsky, Carsten J. Denker, William Marquette, J. Marino, and Philip R. Goode "Solar adaptive optics: a progress report", Proc. SPIE 4839, Adaptive Optical System Technologies II, (7 February 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.457018

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