[AZ-Observing] Re: Successful tests of Adaptive Optics secondary for the LBT
- From: Rick Tejera <saguaroastro@xxxxxxx>
- To: "az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:51:15 -0700
Too bad we won't get to see it this weekend....
Sent from my iPod
Rick Tejera
Editor, SACnews
Saguaro Astronomy Club
www.saguaroastro.org
K7TEJ
On Jun 16, 2010, at 21:38, Gene A Lucas <geneluca@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This news from Dean Ketelsen at the U. of AZ Steward Mirror Lab, about
> recent successful tests of the adaptive optics (AO) secondary mirror
> for
> the Large Binocular Telescope on Mt. Graham... It is a large
> diameter,
> very thin meniscus mirror (about 1 meter diameter, ca. 1.6 mm thick),
> with hundreds of magnets attached, driven by computer to deform it to
> cancel out seeing effects in the atmosphere.
> Gene Lucas
> (17250)
>
> Dean Ketelesen wrote:
>>> Hi All-
>
> For you adaptive optics fans, more local press from the success of the
> LBT adaptive optics secondary.
>
> Today's Arizona Daily Star:
> <http://azstarnet.com/news/local/education/college/article_ac36dea0-c2c6-5c6b-b48c-3a8d03196342.html
>
> >
>
>
> And from the U of A:
> http://uanews.org/node/32405
>
> -Dean <<
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