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Paper Abstract
NAOMI (Nasmyth Adaptive Optics for Multi-purpose Instrumentation) is a recently completed and commissioned astronomical facility on the 4.2m William Herschel Telescope. The system is designed to work initially with Natural Guide Stars and also to be upgradeable for use with a single laser guide star. It has been designed to work with both near infrared and optical instrumentation (both imagers and spectrographs). The system uses a linearised segmented adaptive mirror and dual-CCD Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor together with a multiple-DSP real-time processing system. Control system parameters can be updated on-the-fly by monitoring processes and the system can self-optimize its base optical figure to compensate for the optical characteristics of attached scientific instrumentation. The scientific motivation, consequent specification and implementation of NAOMI are described, together with example performance data and information on future upgrades and instrumentation.
Paper Details
Date Published: 7 February 2003
PDF: 12 pages
Proc. SPIE 4839, Adaptive Optical System Technologies II, (7 February 2003); doi: 10.1117/12.459236
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 4839:
Adaptive Optical System Technologies II
Peter L. Wizinowich; Domenico Bonaccini, Editor(s)
PDF: 12 pages
Proc. SPIE 4839, Adaptive Optical System Technologies II, (7 February 2003); doi: 10.1117/12.459236
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Richard M. Myers, Univ. of Durham (United Kingdom)
Andrew J. Longmore, UK Astronomy Technology Ctr./Royal Observatory Edinburgh (United Kingdom)
Chris R. Benn, Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (Spain)
David F. Buscher, Univ. of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
Paul Clark, Univ. of Durham (United Kingdom)
Nigel A. Dipper, Univ. of Durham (United Kingdom)
Nathan Doble, Univ. of Rochester (United States)
Andrew Peter Doel, Univ. College London (United Kingdom)
Colin N. Dunlop, Univ. of Durham (United Kingdom)
Xiaofeng Gao, UK Astronomy Technology Ctr./Royal Observatory Edinburgh (United Kingdom)
Thomas Gregory, Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (Spain)
Andrew J. Longmore, UK Astronomy Technology Ctr./Royal Observatory Edinburgh (United Kingdom)
Chris R. Benn, Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (Spain)
David F. Buscher, Univ. of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
Paul Clark, Univ. of Durham (United Kingdom)
Nigel A. Dipper, Univ. of Durham (United Kingdom)
Nathan Doble, Univ. of Rochester (United States)
Andrew Peter Doel, Univ. College London (United Kingdom)
Colin N. Dunlop, Univ. of Durham (United Kingdom)
Xiaofeng Gao, UK Astronomy Technology Ctr./Royal Observatory Edinburgh (United Kingdom)
Thomas Gregory, Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (Spain)
Ronald A. Humphreys, Univ. of Durham (United Kingdom)
Derek J. Ives, UK Astronomy Technology Ctr./Royal Observatory Edinburgh (United Kingdom)
Roy Oestensen, Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (Spain)
P. Tully Peacocke, UK Astronomy Technology Ctr./Royal Observatory Edinburgh (United Kingdom)
Rene G.M. Rutten, Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (Spain)
Chris J. Tierney, UK Astronomy Technology Ctr./Royal Observatory Edinburgh (United Kingdom)
Andrew J. A. Vick, UK Astronomy Technology Ctr./Royal Observatory Edinburgh (United Kingdom)
Martyn R. Wells, UK Astronomy Technology Ctr./Royal Observatory Edinburgh (United Kingdom)
Richard W. Wilson, Univ. of Durham (United Kingdom)
Susan P. Worswick, Observatory Optics (United Kingdom)
Andrew Zadrozny, Univ. of Durham (United Kingdom)
Derek J. Ives, UK Astronomy Technology Ctr./Royal Observatory Edinburgh (United Kingdom)
Roy Oestensen, Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (Spain)
P. Tully Peacocke, UK Astronomy Technology Ctr./Royal Observatory Edinburgh (United Kingdom)
Rene G.M. Rutten, Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (Spain)
Chris J. Tierney, UK Astronomy Technology Ctr./Royal Observatory Edinburgh (United Kingdom)
Andrew J. A. Vick, UK Astronomy Technology Ctr./Royal Observatory Edinburgh (United Kingdom)
Martyn R. Wells, UK Astronomy Technology Ctr./Royal Observatory Edinburgh (United Kingdom)
Richard W. Wilson, Univ. of Durham (United Kingdom)
Susan P. Worswick, Observatory Optics (United Kingdom)
Andrew Zadrozny, Univ. of Durham (United Kingdom)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 4839:
Adaptive Optical System Technologies II
Peter L. Wizinowich; Domenico Bonaccini, Editor(s)
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