First demo science with MOAO: observations of distant merging galaxies with CANARY

D. Gratadour; É. Gendron; L. Grosset; T. Morris; J. Osborn; A. Basden; O. Martin; D. Rouan; R. Myers; G. Rousset

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7 August 2014 First demo science with MOAO: observations of distant merging galaxies with CANARY

D. Gratadour, É. Gendron, L. Grosset, T. Morris, J. Osborn, A. Basden, O. Martin, D. Rouan, R. Myers, G. Rousset

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Proceedings Volume 9148, Adaptive Optics Systems IV; 91481P (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056328
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2014, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Abstract

During phase B, CANARY, the MOAO demonstrator, has been coupled to a dedicated, high sensitivity, near-IR camera based on a science grade NICMOS detector: CAMICAz. Using this combination, we have observed two distant merging systems at H and K in July 2013, with a resolution better than 150 mas over long exposures (< 1h). In this paper, we present this unique demo science data set, detail the performance achieved in terms of resolution and sensitivity and the first scientific results. Additionally, we provide a comparative study of the scientific output of MOAO with respect to classical LGS AO and HST.

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D. Gratadour, É. Gendron, L. Grosset, T. Morris, J. Osborn, A. Basden, O. Martin, D. Rouan, R. Myers, and G. Rousset "First demo science with MOAO: observations of distant merging galaxies with CANARY", Proc. SPIE 9148, Adaptive Optics Systems IV, 91481P (7 August 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056328

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