Laser Guide Star Facility for the ESO VLT.
Abstract
ESO has been studying the possibility of introducing a Laser Guide Star Facility (LGSF) for the VLT to serve the adaptive optics instruments foreseen on the UT3 telescope of the Paranal Observatory: NAOS-CONICA and SINFONI. The definition of the LGSF is at the conceptual design stage, with a solid baseline solution explored in detail and two open options: the final choice for the laser, and the use of a fibre relay for the laser beam instead of a mirror system. This article gives an overview of the conceptual design the authors are currently working on.
- Publication:
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The Messenger
- Pub Date:
- December 1999
- Bibcode:
- 1999Msngr..98....8B
- Keywords:
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- VLT: Guide Stars