Natural guide star adaptive optics systems at LBT: FLAO commissioning and science operations status

S. Esposito; A. Riccardi; E. Pinna; A. T. Puglisi; F. Quirós-Pacheco; C. Arcidiacono; M. Xompero; R. Briguglio; L. Busoni; L. Fini; J. Argomedo; A. Gherardi; G. Agapito; G. Brusa; D. L. Miller; J. C. Guerra Ramon; K. Boutsia; P. Stefanini

doi:10.1117/12.927109

13 September 2012 Natural guide star adaptive optics systems at LBT: FLAO commissioning and science operations status

S. Esposito, A. Riccardi, E. Pinna, A. T. Puglisi, F. Quirós-Pacheco, C. Arcidiacono, M. Xompero, R. Briguglio, L. Busoni, L. Fini, J. Argomedo, A. Gherardi, G. Agapito, G. Brusa, D. L. Miller, J. C. Guerra Ramon, K. Boutsia, P. Stefanini

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Proceedings Volume 8447, Adaptive Optics Systems III; 84470U (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.927109
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2012, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Abstract

This paper summarizes the activities and the principal results achieved during the commissioning of the two Natural Guide Star (NGS) AO systems called FLAO#1 & 2 installed at the bent Gregorian focal stations of the 2x8.4m Large Binocular Telescope (LBT). The commissioning activities of FLAO#1 took place in the period February 2010 - October 2011, while FLAO#2 commissioning started in December 2011 and should be completed by November 2012. The main results of the commissioning campaign are presented in terms of the H-band Strehl Ratio values achieved under different observing conditions. We will also describe the automatic procedures to configure and set-up the FLAO systems, and in particular the modal gain optimization procedure, which has been proven to be a very important one in achieving the nominal performance. Finally, some of the results achieved in two science runs using the near infra-red camera PISCES are briefly highlighted.

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S. Esposito, A. Riccardi, E. Pinna, A. T. Puglisi, F. Quirós-Pacheco, C. Arcidiacono, M. Xompero, R. Briguglio, L. Busoni, L. Fini, J. Argomedo, A. Gherardi, G. Agapito, G. Brusa, D. L. Miller, J. C. Guerra Ramon, K. Boutsia, and P. Stefanini "Natural guide star adaptive optics systems at LBT: FLAO commissioning and science operations status", Proc. SPIE 8447, Adaptive Optics Systems III, 84470U (13 September 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.927109

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