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X-WR-CALNAME: IAC Talks: Open Astronomy Seminars
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CREATED:2014-09-24T10:30:00+01:00
X-WR-CALDESC: IAC Talks upcomming talks
SUMMARY:Current state of solar MultiConjugated Adaptive Optics (MCAO)  syst
 ems.
DESCRIPTION:Current state of solar MultiConjugated Adaptive Optics (MCAO)  
 systems.\nDr. José Marino\n\nOne of the challenges in solar astronomical 
 observations is the lack of high resolution observations over a wide FOV. 
 Adaptive optics (AO) systems, which are routinely used in current solar te
 lescopes, can only provide successful correction over a narrow FOV. Multi-
 conjugate adaptive optics (MCAO) systems attempt to address this issue and
  provide correction over a much wider FOV. It will become a key technology
  in the next generation of solar telescopes, such as the EST and DKIST. At
  this time, there is no fully operational solar MCAO system in operation. 
 Work is under way at several solar facilities like the NST (Ø1.6m, 
 BBSO) and GREGOR (Ø1.5m, KIS) to build prototype solar MCAO systems
 . There is also a significant investigative effort at the IAC to study the
  design and operation of a solar MCAO system (proper location of the DMs a
 nd WFS, appropriated sensing for an extended object, communication between
  different WFS, convenient reconstruction method). This talk will provide 
 a review of the current state of solar MCAO, concentrating on solar MCAO s
 imulation efforts under development at the National Solar Observatory.
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