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A 'Short Course' in Adaptive Optics

The ING is organising a 'Short Course' in Adaptive Optics in collaboration with Imperial College London, University of Durham and the National University of Ireland.  The course will be held on the 12-14th January 2004 in Los Cancajos, La Palma.  

The course has been adapted for observatory staff and is designed to;

• Explain the basic principles of adaptive optics
• Provide an introduction to wavefront sensing techniques 
• Describe the components currently used for adaptive optics 
• Identify new technologies of potential importance for incorporation into adaptive optical systems
• Describe current applications of adaptive optics and identify new applications

 For more information on the course, check out the course summary and the agenda.

 The course will be taught by Prof Chris Dainty, Dr Gordon Love, Dr Richard Myers and Dr Carl Paterson and will contain a trip to the WHT to look at it's adaptive optics instrumentation.

 This site contains background information on the course lecturers and details of the course participants.

 The course only offers a limited number of places, please go to the registration page for more details.

If you require more information regarding the course or registration, please contact the local organiser, Stephen Goodsell. 

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