Adaptive optics (AO) corrects distortions created by atmospheric turbulence and delivers diffraction-limited images on ground-based telescopes.
The vastly improved spatial resolution and sensitivity has been utilized for studying everything from the magnetic fields of sunspots upto the internal dynamics of high-redshift galaxies.
This thesis about AO science from small and large telescopes is divided into two parts: Robo-AO and magnetar kinematics.
In the first part, I discuss the construction and performance of the world's first fully autonomous visible light AO system, Robo-AO, at the Palomar 60-inch telescope.
Robo-AO operates extremely efficiently with an overhead.
| Parts | Roboao and magnetar kinematics |
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Dissertation.com Beyond the blur: construction and characterization of the first autonomous ao system and an ao survey of magnetar proper motions, paperback/shriharsh tendulkar
