High-Resolution Imaging in the Visible on Large Ground-Based Telescopes

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作者
Mackay, Craig [1 ]
Rebolo, Rafael [6 ]
Crass, Jonathan [1 ]
King, David L. [1 ]
Labadie, Lucas [5 ]
Gonzalez-Escelera, Victor [2 ,3 ]
Puga, Marta [2 ,3 ]
Perez-Garrido, Antonio [4 ]
Lopez, Roberto [2 ,3 ]
Oscoz, Alejandro [2 ,3 ]
Perez-Prieto, Jorge A. [2 ,3 ]
Rodriguez-Ramos, Luis F. [2 ,3 ]
Velasco, Sergio [2 ,3 ]
Villo, Isidro [4 ]
机构
[1] Univ Cambridge, Inst Astron, Cambridge CB3 0HA, England
[2] Inst Astrofis Canarias, E-38205 Tenerife, Spain
[3] Univ La Laguna, Dept Astrofis, E-38207 San Cristobal la Laguna, Spain
[4] Univ Politecn Cartagena, E-30202 Murcia, Spain
[5] Univ Cologne, Inst Phys 1, D-50937 Cologne, Germany
[6] CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
来源
GROUND-BASED AND AIRBORNE INSTRUMENTATION FOR ASTRONOMY V | 2014年 / 9147卷
关键词
Lucky Imaging; adaptive optics; Charge coupled devices; EMCCDs; low light level imaging; nlCWFS; ADAPTIVE OPTICS; LUCKY; EFFICIENCY; TURBULENCE; BINARIES;
D O I
10.1117/12.2055907
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Lucky Imaging combined with a low order adaptive optics system has given the highest resolution images ever taken in the visible or near infrared of faint astronomical objects. This paper describes a new instrument that has already been deployed on the WHT 4.2m telescope on La Palma, with particular emphasis on the optical design and the predicted system performance. A new design of low order wavefront sensor using photon counting CCD detectors and multi-plane curvature wavefront sensor will allow virtually full sky coverage with faint natural guide stars. With a 2 x 2 array of 1024 x 1024 photon counting EMCCDs, AOLI is the first of the new class of high sensitivity, near diffraction limited imaging systems giving higher resolution in the visible from the ground than hitherto been possible from space.
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