Adaptive Optics For The European Very Large Telescope (VLT)

Fritz Merkle

doi:10.1117/12.966770

18 May 1987 Adaptive Optics For The European Very Large Telescope (VLT)

Fritz Merkle

Proceedings Volume 0702, International Topical Meeting on Image Detection and Quality; (1987) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.966770
Event: International Topical Meeting on Image Detection and Quality, 1986, Paris, France

Abstract

The linear array concept for ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) project opens the possibility of observations with very high angular resolution. Realistic target for an interferometric operation is the infrared range from 5 to 20μm and later a gradual expansion to shorter wavelengths. In the interferometric mode the gain of the 8-meter diameter single apertures of the VLT is only given if adaptive optics is applied for a real-time partial or full phase compensation of the degradations due to atmospheric turbulences.

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Fritz Merkle "Adaptive Optics For The European Very Large Telescope (VLT)", Proc. SPIE 0702, International Topical Meeting on Image Detection and Quality, (18 May 1987); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.966770

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