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GeMS: first on-sky results
Abstract
GeMS, the Gemini Laser Guide Star Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics facility system, has seen first light in December 2011, and has already produced images with H band Strehl ratio in excess of 35% over fields of view of 85x85 arcsec, fulfilling the MCAO promise. In this paper, we report on these early results, analyze trends in performance, and concentrate on key or novel aspects of the system, like centroid gain estimation, on-sky non common path aberration estimation. We also present the first astrometric analysis, showing very encouraging results.
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© 2012 Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). Part of this work has been founded by the Gemini Observatory. The Gemini Observatory is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., under a cooperative agreement with the NSF on behalf of the Gemini partnership: the National Science Foundation (United States), the Science and Technology Facilities Council (United Kingdom), the National Research Council (Canada), CONICYT (Chile), the Australian Research Council (Australia), Ministério da Ciência e Tecnologia (Brazil) and Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva (Argentina).Attached Files
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- Gemini Observatory
- NSF
- Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
- National Research Council of Canada
- Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (CONICYT)
- Australian Research Council
- Ministério da Ciência e Tecnologia (MCT)
- Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva
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- Thirty Meter Telescope
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- 8447