Astrophysical results with the COME-ON+ adaptive optics system

Pierre J. Lena

doi:10.1117/12.176021

31 May 1994 Astrophysical results with the COME-ON+ adaptive optics system

Pierre J. Lena

Proceedings Volume 2201, Adaptive Optics in Astronomy; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.176021
Event: 1994 Symposium on Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation for the 21st Century, 1994, Kailua, Kona, HI, United States

Abstract

Since 1990, an adaptive optics system with 52 actuators, a sensitive wavefront sensor and two near-infrared cameras equips the 3.6 meter telescope at La Silla (Chile). Open to visitors, this instrument has already produced a number of demonstrative and important scientific results in planetary, stellar and extragalactic astronomy, where the diffraction limit of the telescope is reached and routinely leads to images with 0.1 - 0.2 arcsecond resolution in the near infrared ((lambda) > 1 micrometers ). This instrument is a prototype developed in view of the European Very Large Telescope. We present here an overview of the science already done with some prospects for the near future.

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Pierre J. Lena "Astrophysical results with the COME-ON+ adaptive optics system", Proc. SPIE 2201, Adaptive Optics in Astronomy, (31 May 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.176021

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