On-going and future AO activities on Subaru Telescope

Yoshito H. Ono*, Yosuke Minowa, Christophe S. Clergeon, Etsuko Mieda, Olivier Guyon, Julien Lozi, Masayuki Akiyama, Francois Rigaut, Yutaka Hayano, Shin Oya

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    Abstract

    This paper presents the overview of on-going and future adaptive optics (AO) activities at the Subaru telescope on the top of Maunakea in Hawaii. Currently, two AO systems are running at the Subaru telescope: AO188, a facility single-conjugate AO system with a bimorph deformable mirror and a curvature wavefront sensor with 188 elements, and SCExAO, an additional extreme AO system operating behind AO188 and specialized for exoplanet sciences. We recently started AO188 upgrade project to improve its performance for the next 5-10 years, which will also help improving SCExAO performance. These upgrades are in line with a development for the ULTIMATE-Subaru ground layer AO system.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationAdaptive Optics Systems VI
    EditorsDirk Schmidt, Laura Schreiber, Laird M. Close
    PublisherSPIE
    ISBN (Print)9781510619593
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2018
    EventAdaptive Optics Systems VI 2018 - Austin, United States
    Duration: 10 Jun 201815 Jun 2018

    Publication series

    NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
    Volume10703
    ISSN (Print)0277-786X
    ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

    Conference

    ConferenceAdaptive Optics Systems VI 2018
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    CityAustin
    Period10/06/1815/06/18

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