Adaptive Optics Laser Guide Star

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Hale Telescope With Laser Hale Telescope with Laser

October 24, 2004

October 24, 2004

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Professsor Ed Kibblewhite (Univ. of Chicago) with the Chicago Sum-Frequency Laser

 

 

Laser Guide Star Team: From Left to Right: Bob Thompson, Karl Dunscombe, Joseph Carson, Jenny Roberts, Andrew Pickles, Jean Mueller, Robert Thicksten (sitting), Ed Kibblewhite, Mitchell Troy, Richard Dekany, Viswa Velur, Hal Petrie, and Steve Guiwits.   Not shown: Rick Burruss and Scott Kardel.
 

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