GeMS first on-sky results

François Rigaut, Benoit Neichel, Maxime Boccas, Céline D'Orgeville, Gustavo Arriagada, Vincent Fesquet, Sarah J. Diggs, Claudio Marchand, Gaston Gausachs, William N. Rambold, Javier Lurhs, Shane Walker, Eleazar Rodrigo Carrasco-Damele, Michelle L. Edwards, Peter Pessev, Ramon L. Galvez, Tomislav B. Vucina, Claudio Araya, Alejandro Gutierrez, Angelic W. EbbersAndrew Serio, Cristian Moreno, Cristian Urrutia, Rolando Rogers, Roberto Rojas, Chadwick Trujillo, Brian Miller, Douglas A. Simons, Ariel Lopez, Vanesa Montes, Herman Diaz, Felipe Daruich, Felipe Colazo, Matthieu Bec, Gelys Trancho, Michael Sheehan, Peter McGregor, Peter J. Young, Matthew C. Doolan, Jan Van Harmelen, Brent L. Ellerbroek, Damien Gratadour, Aurea Garcia-Rissmann

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Abstract

GeMS, the Gemini Laser Guide Star Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics facility system, has seen first light in December 2011, and has already produced images with H band Strehl ratio in excess of 35% over fields of view of 85x85 arcsec, fulfilling the MCAO promise. In this paper, we report on these early results, analyze trends in performance, and concentrate on key or novel aspects of the system, like centroid gain estimation, on-sky non-common path aberration estimation. We also present the first astrometric analysis, showing very encouraging results.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationAdaptive Optics Systems III
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes
EventAdaptive Optics Systems III - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Duration: Jul 1 2012Jul 6 2012

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume8447
ISSN (Print)0277-786X

Conference

ConferenceAdaptive Optics Systems III
Country/TerritoryNetherlands
CityAmsterdam
Period7/1/127/6/12

Keywords

  • Adaptive optics performance
  • Astrometry
  • Multi-conjugated adaptive optics

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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