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Paper Abstract
This paper aims at giving an update on the most versatile Adaptive Optics fed instrument to date, the well
known and successful NACO*. Although NACO is only scheduled for about two more years† at the Very Large
Telescope (VLT), it keeps on evolving with additional operation modes bringing original astronomical results.
The high contrast imaging community uses it creatively as a test-bench for SPHERE‡ and other second generation
planet imagers. A new visible wavefront sensor (WFS) optimized for Laser Guide Star (LGS) operations has
been installed and tested, the cube mode is more and more required for frame selection on bright sources, a
seeing enhancer mode (no tip/tilt correction) is now offered to provide full sky coverage and welcome all kind
of extragalactic applications, etc. The Instrument Operations Team (IOT) and Paranal engineers are currently
working hard at maintaining the instrument overall performances but also at improving them and offering new
capabilities, providing the community with a well tuned and original instrument for the remaining time it is
being used. The present contribution delivers a non-exhaustive overview of the new modes and experiments that
have been carried out in the past months.
Paper Details
Date Published: 28 July 2010
PDF: 10 pages
Proc. SPIE 7736, Adaptive Optics Systems II, 77362N (28 July 2010); doi: 10.1117/12.856799
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 7736:
Adaptive Optics Systems II
Brent L. Ellerbroek; Michael Hart; Norbert Hubin; Peter L. Wizinowich, Editor(s)
PDF: 10 pages
Proc. SPIE 7736, Adaptive Optics Systems II, 77362N (28 July 2010); doi: 10.1117/12.856799
Show Author Affiliations
Julien H. V. Girard, European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (Chile)
Markus Kasper, European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (Germany)
Sascha P Quanz, ETH Zurich (Switzerland)
Matthew A. Kenworthy, Leiden Observatory, Leiden Univ. (Netherlands)
Sridharan Rengaswamy, European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (Chile)
Rainer Schödel, Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (Spain)
Alexandre Gallenne, European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (Chile)
Stefan Gillessen, Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (Germany)
Markus Kasper, European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (Germany)
Sascha P Quanz, ETH Zurich (Switzerland)
Matthew A. Kenworthy, Leiden Observatory, Leiden Univ. (Netherlands)
Sridharan Rengaswamy, European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (Chile)
Rainer Schödel, Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (Spain)
Alexandre Gallenne, European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (Chile)
Stefan Gillessen, Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (Germany)
Nicolas Huerta, European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (Chile)
Pierre Kervella, LESIA, CNRS, Observatoire de Paris, Univ. Paris Diderot (France)
Nick Kornweibel, European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (Germany)
Rainer Lenzen, Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie (Germany)
Antoine Mérand, European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (Chile)
Guillaume Montagnier, European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (Chile)
Jared O'Neal, European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (Chile)
Gérard Zins, LAOG, CNRS, Univ. Joseph Fourier (France)
Pierre Kervella, LESIA, CNRS, Observatoire de Paris, Univ. Paris Diderot (France)
Nick Kornweibel, European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (Germany)
Rainer Lenzen, Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie (Germany)
Antoine Mérand, European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (Chile)
Guillaume Montagnier, European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (Chile)
Jared O'Neal, European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (Chile)
Gérard Zins, LAOG, CNRS, Univ. Joseph Fourier (France)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 7736:
Adaptive Optics Systems II
Brent L. Ellerbroek; Michael Hart; Norbert Hubin; Peter L. Wizinowich, Editor(s)
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