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ESO VLT laser guide star facility
Author(s): Domenico Bonaccini; Wolfgang K. P. Hackenberg; Martin J. Cullum; Enzo Brunetto; Thomas Ott; Marco Quattri; Eric Allaert; Martin Dimmler; Massimo Tarenghi; Arno van Kesteren; Canio Dichirico; Bernard Buzzoni; Peter Gray; Roberto Tamai; Mario Tapia
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Paper Abstract

We report in this paper on the design and progress of the ESO Laser Guide Star Facility. The project will create a user facility embedded in UT4, to produce in the Earth's Mesosphere Laser Guide Stars, which extend the sky coverage of Adaptive Optics systems on the VLT UT4 telescope. Embedded into the project are provisions for multiple LGS to cope with second generation MCAO instruments.

Paper Details

Date Published: 4 February 2002
PDF: 14 pages
Proc. SPIE 4494, Adaptive Optics Systems and Technology II, (4 February 2002); doi: 10.1117/12.454802
Show Author Affiliations
Domenico Bonaccini, European Southern Observatory (Germany)
Wolfgang K. P. Hackenberg, European Southern Observatory (Germany)
Martin J. Cullum, European Southern Observatory (Germany)
Enzo Brunetto, European Southern Observatory (Germany)
Thomas Ott, European Southern Observatory (Germany)
Marco Quattri, European Southern Observatory (Germany)
Eric Allaert, European Southern Observatory (Germany)
Martin Dimmler, European Southern Observatory (Germany)
Massimo Tarenghi, European Southern Observatory (Germany)
Arno van Kesteren, European Southern Observatory (Germany)
Canio Dichirico, European Southern Observatory (Germany)
Bernard Buzzoni, European Southern Observatory (Germany)
Peter Gray, European Southern Observatory (Chile)
Roberto Tamai, European Southern Observatory (Chile)
Mario Tapia, European Southern Observatory (Germany)


Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 4494:
Adaptive Optics Systems and Technology II
Robert K. Tyson; Domenico Bonaccini; Michael C. Roggemann, Editor(s)

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