No Laser Guide Stars for adaptive optics in giant telescopes?

被引:36
作者
Ragazzoni, R [1 ]
机构
[1] Astron Observ Padova, I-35122 Padua, Italy
来源
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS SUPPLEMENT SERIES | 1999年 / 136卷 / 01期
关键词
telescopes; instrumentation : adaptive optics;
D O I
10.1051/aas:1999207
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
In order to get diffraction limited imaging on large telescopes using Laser Guide Stars one needs to Ire several such artificial beacons angularly displaced with respect to the science target. Such displacement scales with the diameter of the telescope. It is pointed out that when this angle exceeds some given figure it can be more efficient to use directly some off-axis Natural Guide Stars. With realistic assumptions it turns out that next generation giant telescopes could benefit from this technique and could not require any Laser Guide Star.
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页数:5
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