Jack Drummond (Starfire Optical Range, AFRL), Julian Christou (Gemini Observatory), William J. Merline (Southwest Research Institute), Al Conrad (W.M. Keck Observatory), Benoit Carry (Observatoire de Paris-Meudon)
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From analyzing adaptive optics (AO) images of stars obtained at Keck (10 m telescope) and Gemini North (8 m telescope) Observatories, we verify that in general, the AO point spread function (PSF) can be modeled as a Lorentzian or a Lorentzian plus an Airy. However, an additional Gaussian component in the Gemini PSF is associated with an observed degraded AO performance.
Date of Conference: September 1-4. 2009
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