University of Mexico adaptive optics program

Salvador Cuevas; Pablo Diaz Sotelo; Fernando Garfias; Arturo I. Iriarte Valverde; Luis Artemio Martinez; Valeri G. Orlov; Valeri V. Voitsekhovich; Oscar Chapa; Silvio J. Tinoco; Jean Vernin; Remy Avila; Franck Marchis; J. Elon Graves; Malcolm J. Northcott; Francois J. Roddier; Claude A. Roddier

doi:10.1117/12.321690

11 September 1998 University of Mexico adaptive optics program

Salvador Cuevas, Pablo Diaz Sotelo, Fernando Garfias, Arturo I. Iriarte Valverde, Luis Artemio Martinez, Valeri G. Orlov, Valeri V. Voitsekhovich, Oscar Chapa, Silvio J. Tinoco, Jean Vernin, Remy Avila, Franck Marchis, J. Elon Graves, Malcolm J. Northcott, Francois J. Roddier, Claude A. Roddier

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Proceedings Volume 3353, Adaptive Optical System Technologies; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.321690
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 1998, Kona, HI, United States

Abstract

We describe different works conducing to the adaptive optics system for the TIM 6.5m telescope. We show turbulence profiles result at our San Pedro Martir Observatory in Baja using the Generalized SCIDAR. We can conclude that the turbulence conditions in this site are comparable to the major observatories in the world. From these results and taken in account curvature AO simulations it is possible to predict the performances in limiting magnitude and sky coverage of different AO systems and telescopes in our observatory. We can also define the degree of the AO system for the TIM 6.5m telescope. We made a short description of our LOLA tip-tilt corrector system and the GUIELOA 19 elements curvature AO system. The calculation of the optics quality for the TIM 6.5m is briefly mentioned. Studies about the influence of the finite outerscale on the optical quality of AO corrected images are described.

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Salvador Cuevas, Pablo Diaz Sotelo, Fernando Garfias, Arturo I. Iriarte Valverde, Luis Artemio Martinez, Valeri G. Orlov, Valeri V. Voitsekhovich, Oscar Chapa, Silvio J. Tinoco, Jean Vernin, Remy Avila, Franck Marchis, J. Elon Graves, Malcolm J. Northcott, Francois J. Roddier, and Claude A. Roddier "University of Mexico adaptive optics program", Proc. SPIE 3353, Adaptive Optical System Technologies, (11 September 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.321690

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