ULTIMATE-START: Subaru tomography adaptive optics research experiment project overview

Masayuki Akiyama*, Yosuke Minowa, Yoshito Ono, Koki Terao, Hajime Ogane, Kaoru Oomoto, Yuta Iizuka, Shin Oya, Etsuko Mieda, Tomoyasu Yamamuro

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Abstract

ULTIMATE-Subaru Tomography Adaptive optics Research experimenT (ULTIMATE-START) is a laser tomography AO project on the Subaru telescope. The project is planned to achieve high Strehl Ratio AO correction in NIR bands, and moderate AO correction in visible bands above 600nm. An asterism of 4 laser guide stars (LGSs) will be launched from the laser launching telescope behind the secondary mirror. The tomography wavefront sensing unit with four 32$imes$32 Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensors will be installed behind the current facility LGS AO system, AO188. The deformable mirror of AO188 will be upgraded to a 64$imes$64 element DM. The corrected light will be fed to the optical integral field spectrograph, 3DII, and NIR camera and spectrograph, IRCS, through a beam switching optics for IR-side Nasmyth focus instruments under development. The first light of the laser launching system and wavefront sensing unit is planned in 2021.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdaptive Optics Systems VII
EditorsLaura Schreiber, Dirk Schmidt, Elise Vernet
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510636835
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020
Externally publishedYes
EventAdaptive Optics Systems VII 2020 - Virtual, Online, United States
Duration: 14 Dec 202022 Dec 2020

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume11448
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceAdaptive Optics Systems VII 2020
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityVirtual, Online
Period14/12/2022/12/20

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