Viewing the Universe through distorted lenses: Adaptive optics in astronomy Steven Beckwith Space Telescope Science Institute & JHU Astronomical Adaptive Optics Atmospheric…

Key Technologies Network Colin Cunningham OPTICON Key Technologies Network Grenoble Objectives WP5.1: Workshops & Roadmapping: Map astronomical science goals onto technologies…

1 Sayfa 1 EP118 Optics Department of Engineering Physics University of Gaziantep July 2011 TOPIC 9 ABERRATIONS Sayfa 2 Content 1. Introduction 2. Spherical Aberrations 3.…

Instrumentation Concepts Ground-based Optical Telescopes Keith Taylor (IAG/USP) Aug-Nov, 2008 Aug-Sep, 2008 IAG-USP (Keith Taylor) Adaptive Optics Introduction Astro 890…

Introduction to Telescope Introduction to Telescope What is a Telescope? How many types of telescopes are there? An instrument designed by an arrangement of lenses or mirrors…

Dluzhnevskaya O.B. Centre for Astronomical Data (INASAN, Moscow) http://www.inasan.rssi.ru/rus/cad Russian Virtual Observatory Regional workshop, Apr 10-11, 2006 - Moscow,…

Why is adaptive optics needed? Even the largest ground-based astronomical telescopes have no better resolution than an 20cm telescope Turbulence in earth’s atmosphere makes…

Adaptive Optics for Astronomy Kathy Cooksey AO Basics Photons Travel in straight lines Wavefront Line perpendicular to all photons’ paths Atmospheric turbulence Due to…

Goals of these 3 lectures To understand the main concepts behind adaptive optics systems To understand how important AO is for a VLT and how indispensible for an ELT To get…

How Telescope works WENJUN TAO BOYUAN LIN YUAN YANG JIAYIN WANG JIAHUI YUAN A telescope is an instrument that aids in the observation of remote objects by collecting electromagnetic…