Recent enhancements to the NAOMI AO system

Paul D. Jolley; Stephen Goodsell; Chris R. Benn; Thomas Gregory; Simon Rees; Michiel van der Hoeven; Maarten Blanken; Renee Pit

doi:10.1117/12.551639

25 October 2004 Recent enhancements to the NAOMI AO system

Paul D. Jolley, Stephen Goodsell, Chris R. Benn, Thomas Gregory, Simon Rees, Michiel van der Hoeven, Maarten Blanken, Renee Pit

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Proceedings Volume 5490, Advancements in Adaptive Optics; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551639
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2004, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Abstract

The Nasmyth Adaptive Optics Multipurpose Instrument (NAOMI) is the adaptive optics (AO) platform on the 4.2m William Herschel Telescope (WHT) at the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes (ING). Until recently NAOMI has been concentrating on near infrared observations using the Isaac Newton Group Red Imaging Device (INGRID). Recent developments have added an extra optical port to NAOMI. The observer can now rapidly switch between infrared and optical instrumentation during AO observing, making the system more appealing for visiting instruments. To allow for the operation of the common user optical spectrograph OASIS, a new optical path was created around the existing NAOMI optics. Various mechanisms were also added to the whole optical system. The OASIS beam was reshaped to f/20. The original optical/IR beam remains unchanged at f/16, and forms a new universal science port (USP). The existing Nasmyth Calibration Unit (NCU) has been replaced with a new design. This new NCU has multiple fibre-fed light sources that include continuum and arc lamps. The intensity of light can be individually adjusted via computer control. A new acquisition camera is mounted such that it can be used simultaneously with the spectral lamps. Software upgrades now allow faster deformable mirror calibration. A moveable mirror is used to select which science port will receive the light. Enhancements to the NAOMI AO system are discussed in this paper and suggestions for possible future upgrades.

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Paul D. Jolley, Stephen Goodsell, Chris R. Benn, Thomas Gregory, Simon Rees, Michiel van der Hoeven, Maarten Blanken, and Renee Pit "Recent enhancements to the NAOMI AO system", Proc. SPIE 5490, Advancements in Adaptive Optics, (25 October 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551639

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