Laser guide star facility for the ESO VLT

Domenico Bonaccini; Wolfgang K. P. Hackenberg; Gerardo Avila

doi:10.1117/12.321652

11 September 1998 Laser guide star facility for the ESO VLT

Domenico Bonaccini, Wolfgang K. P. Hackenberg, Gerardo Avila

Proceedings Volume 3353, Adaptive Optical System Technologies; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.321652
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 1998, Kona, HI, United States

Abstract

We describe the current planning and activities for the laser Guide Star Facility of the VLT observatory. The current activity aims at a feasibility study and to the experimental verification of innovative ideas in the choice of the laser and in the relay system.

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Domenico Bonaccini, Wolfgang K. P. Hackenberg, and Gerardo Avila "Laser guide star facility for the ESO VLT", Proc. SPIE 3353, Adaptive Optical System Technologies, (11 September 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.321652

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