Second generation Robo-AO instruments and systems
Abstract
The prototype Robo-AO system at the Palomar Observatory 1.5-m telescope is the world's first fully automated laser adaptive optics instrument. Scientific operations commenced in June 2012 and more than 12,000 observations have since been performed at the ~0.12" visible-light diffraction limit. Two new infrared cameras providing high-speed tip-tilt sensing and a 2' field-of-view will be integrated in 2014. In addition to a Robo-AO clone for the 2-m IGO and the natural guide star variant KAPAO at the 1-m Table Mountain telescope, a second generation of facility-class Robo-AO systems are in development for the 2.2-m University of Hawai'i and 3-m IRTF telescopes which will provide higher Strehl ratios, sharper imaging, ~0.07", and correction to λ = 400 nm.
Additional Information
© 2014 SPIE. The prototype Robo-AO system was developed by collaborating partner institutions, the California Institute of Technology and the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, and with the support of the National Science Foundation under Grant Nos. AST-0906060 and AST-0960343, the Mt. Cuba Astronomical Foundation and by a gift from Samuel Oschin. Ongoing science operation support of the prototype Robo-AO system is provided by the California Institute of Technology, the University of Hawai'i and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The wide-field infrared camera upgrade is supported by the California Institute of Technology and the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics with funding from the National Science Foundation under Grant No. AST-1207891 and by the Office of Naval Research under grant N00014-11-1-0903. The high-speed infrared tip-tilt camera is supported by the University of Hawai'i and the National Science Foundation under Grant No. AST-1106391. C.B. acknowledges support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. We thank Richard Dekany for use of the Wavefront Error Budget Tool. We are grateful to the Palomar Observatory staff for their extraordinary support of Robo-AO on the 1.5-m telescope, particularly S. Kunsman, M. Doyle, J. Henning, R. Walters, G. Van Idsinga, B. Baker, K. Dunscombe and D. Roderick.Attached Files
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- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics
- AST-0906060
- NSF
- AST-0960343
- NSF
- Mt. Cuba Astronomical Foundation
- Samuel Oschin
- AST-1207891
- NSF
- N00014-11-1-0903
- Office of Naval Research (ONR)
- University of Hawai'i
- AST-1106391
- NSF
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
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- 9148