First light of the ESO laser guide star facility

D. Bonaccini Calia; E. Allaert; J. L. Alvarez; C. Araujo Hauck; G. Avila; E. Bendek; B. Buzzoni; M. Comin; M. Cullum; R. Davies; M. Dimmler; I. Guidolin; W. Hackenberg; S. Hippler; S. Kellner; A. van Kesteren; F. Koch; U. Neumann; T. Ott; D. Popovic; F. Pedichini; M. Quattri; J. Quentin; S. Rabien; A. Silber; M. Tapia

doi:10.1117/12.674484

4 July 2006 First light of the ESO laser guide star facility

D. Bonaccini Calia, E. Allaert, J. L. Alvarez, C. Araujo Hauck, G. Avila, E. Bendek, B. Buzzoni, M. Comin, M. Cullum, R. Davies, M. Dimmler, I. Guidolin, W. Hackenberg, S. Hippler, S. Kellner, A. van Kesteren, F. Koch, U. Neumann, T. Ott, D. Popovic, F. Pedichini, M. Quattri, J. Quentin, S. Rabien, A. Silber, M. Tapia

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Proceedings Volume 6272, Advances in Adaptive Optics II; 627207 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.674484
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2006, Orlando, Florida , United States

Abstract

Two teams of scientists and engineers at Max Planck Institut fuer Extraterrestrische Physik and at the European Southern Observatory have joined forces to design, build and install the Laser Guide Star Facility for the VLT. The Laser Guide Star Facility has now been completed and installed on the VLT Yepun telescope at Cerro Paranal. In this paper we report on the first light and first results from the Commissioning of the LGSF.

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D. Bonaccini Calia, E. Allaert, J. L. Alvarez, C. Araujo Hauck, G. Avila, E. Bendek, B. Buzzoni, M. Comin, M. Cullum, R. Davies, M. Dimmler, I. Guidolin, W. Hackenberg, S. Hippler, S. Kellner, A. van Kesteren, F. Koch, U. Neumann, T. Ott, D. Popovic, F. Pedichini, M. Quattri, J. Quentin, S. Rabien, A. Silber, and M. Tapia "First light of the ESO laser guide star facility", Proc. SPIE 6272, Advances in Adaptive Optics II, 627207 (4 July 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.674484

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