Improving LGS sky coverage at gemini north

Julian C. Christou, Brian Walls, Chadwick Trujillo, Richard McDermid, Richard Oram, Matthieu Bec

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Abstract

We report on work being done to operate the GN Altair LGS AO system using PWFS2 to track (i.e. TT correction) with a guide star at 6'-7' from the LGS target as opposed to an NGS TT star within the Altair FoV (25").

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationApplied Industrial Optics
Subtitle of host publicationSpectroscopy, Imaging and Metrology, AIO 2011
StatePublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
EventApplied Industrial Optics: Spectroscopy, Imaging and Metrology, AIO 2011 - Toronto, Canada
Duration: Jul 10 2011Jul 14 2011

Publication series

NameOptics InfoBase Conference Papers
ISSN (Electronic)2162-2701

Conference

ConferenceApplied Industrial Optics: Spectroscopy, Imaging and Metrology, AIO 2011
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityToronto
Period7/10/117/14/11

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Instrumentation
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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