Assembly and test results of the AOF laser guide star units at ESO

W. Hackenberg; D. Bonaccini Calia; B. Buzzoni; M. Comin; C. Dupuy; F. Gago; I. M. Guidolin; R. Guzman; R. Holzloehner; L. Kern; J. -P. Kirchbauer; S. Lewis; J. -L. Lizon; S. McLay; T. Pfrommer; M. Quattri; J. Quentin; R. Ridings

doi:10.1117/12.2057167

7 August 2014 Assembly and test results of the AOF laser guide star units at ESO

W. Hackenberg, D. Bonaccini Calia, B. Buzzoni, M. Comin, C. Dupuy, F. Gago, I. M. Guidolin, R. Guzman, R. Holzloehner, L. Kern, J. -P. Kirchbauer, S. Lewis, J. -L. Lizon, S. McLay, T. Pfrommer, M. Quattri, J. Quentin, R. Ridings

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Proceedings Volume 9148, Adaptive Optics Systems IV; 91483O (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057167
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2014, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Abstract

The Four Laser Guide Star Facility (4LGSF) is part of the ESO Adaptive Optics Facility, in which one of the VLT telescopes, UT4, is transformed in an adaptive telescope-equipped with a deformable secondary mirror, two adaptive optics systems at the Nasmyth focii and four sodium laser guide star modular units. In this paper we present the design, the assembly and validation test performed so far in Europe on the first laser guide star unit.

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W. Hackenberg, D. Bonaccini Calia, B. Buzzoni, M. Comin, C. Dupuy, F. Gago, I. M. Guidolin, R. Guzman, R. Holzloehner, L. Kern, J. -P. Kirchbauer, S. Lewis, J. -L. Lizon, S. McLay, T. Pfrommer, M. Quattri, J. Quentin, and R. Ridings "Assembly and test results of the AOF laser guide star units at ESO", Proc. SPIE 9148, Adaptive Optics Systems IV, 91483O (7 August 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057167

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