L3 WFS Project Progress


March 13th 2006: On sky tests in tiptilt mode
On-sky tests with faint guide stars and fully functioning L3 wavefront sensor. Earlier problems with the bias gradient were solved.
Report on observations (Jure Skvarc)
Final report on L3 WFS hardware


May 20th : First Light with the L3 WFS

The Naomi loop was closed using the L3 WFS in mode 1. Oasis was used in imaging mode and recorded a drop in image FWHM from 0.55 to 0.25" when the loop was closed on a Mag11 guide star.  Movie here (made using program written by Bojan Dintinjana from the Crni Vrh Observatory)

                                                                            
                                               Firstlight Image                                The L3 WFS head


L3 on ISIS :  Progress
Potential of L3 : Photon Counting

Progress report documents:
EMM April 2005
EMM Jan 2005

EMM Nov 2004
EMM June 2004
EMM Mar 2004 
EMM Jan 2004
EMM Nov 2003
EMM Aug 2003
EMM April 2003
EMM Jan 2003
EMM Nov 2002


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