First light: MARTINI: September 1988. MARTINI-III: February 1995.
De-commissioned: August 1996.
Designed and built by: Durham University.
Description:
MARTINI-III is an infra-red adaptive optics instrument designed to operate at Nasmyth focus in the Ground-based High Resolution Imaging Laboratory (GHRIL) at the William Herschel Telescope (WHT). The MARTINI-III system employs a polychromatic approach with wavefront distortions being sensed in the visible whilst the science target is recorded in the infra-red with the William Herschel Infra-red Camera (WHIRCAM). MARTINI-III makes use of a six-segmented mirror.
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