ESO VLT laser guide star facility

Domenico Bonaccini; Wolfgang K. P. Hackenberg; Martin J. Cullum; Enzo Brunetto; Thomas Ott; Marco Quattri; Eric Allaert; Martin Dimmler; Massimo Tarenghi; Arno van Kesteren; Canio Dichirico; Bernard Buzzoni; Peter Gray; Roberto Tamai; Mario Tapia

doi:10.1117/12.454802

4 February 2002 ESO VLT laser guide star facility

Domenico Bonaccini, Wolfgang K. P. Hackenberg, Martin J. Cullum, Enzo Brunetto, Thomas Ott, Marco Quattri, Eric Allaert, Martin Dimmler, Massimo Tarenghi, Arno van Kesteren, Canio Dichirico, Bernard Buzzoni, Peter Gray, Roberto Tamai, Mario Tapia

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Proceedings Volume 4494, Adaptive Optics Systems and Technology II; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.454802
Event: International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, 2001, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

We report in this paper on the design and progress of the ESO Laser Guide Star Facility. The project will create a user facility embedded in UT4, to produce in the Earth's Mesosphere Laser Guide Stars, which extend the sky coverage of Adaptive Optics systems on the VLT UT4 telescope. Embedded into the project are provisions for multiple LGS to cope with second generation MCAO instruments.

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Domenico Bonaccini, Wolfgang K. P. Hackenberg, Martin J. Cullum, Enzo Brunetto, Thomas Ott, Marco Quattri, Eric Allaert, Martin Dimmler, Massimo Tarenghi, Arno van Kesteren, Canio Dichirico, Bernard Buzzoni, Peter Gray, Roberto Tamai, and Mario Tapia "ESO VLT laser guide star facility", Proc. SPIE 4494, Adaptive Optics Systems and Technology II, (4 February 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.454802

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