Description of the Chicago Adaptive Optics System (ChAOS)

Edward J. Kibblewhite; Walter J. Wild; Barbara Carter; Mark Richard Chun; Fang Shi; Michael F. Smutko; Vijuna Scor

doi:10.1117/12.176079

31 May 1994 Description of the Chicago Adaptive Optics System (ChAOS)

Edward J. Kibblewhite, Walter J. Wild, Barbara Carter, Mark Richard Chun, Fang Shi, Michael F. Smutko, Vijuna Scor

Proceedings Volume 2201, Adaptive Optics in Astronomy; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.176079
Event: 1994 Symposium on Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation for the 21st Century, 1994, Kailua, Kona, HI, United States

Abstract

This paper describes some of the history and the current design of the Chicago Adaptive Optics System (ChAOS). ChAOS is a facility AO system using a sodium layer laser beacon which is due to be permanently mounted on a 3.5 meter ARC telescope located at Apache Point New Mexico. First light is expected in 1995.

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Edward J. Kibblewhite, Walter J. Wild, Barbara Carter, Mark Richard Chun, Fang Shi, Michael F. Smutko, and Vijuna Scor "Description of the Chicago Adaptive Optics System (ChAOS)", Proc. SPIE 2201, Adaptive Optics in Astronomy, (31 May 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.176079

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