INTER-UNIVERSITY CENTRE FOR ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS
(An Autonomous Institution of the University Grants Commission)
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SEMINAR
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MR. SHRIHARSH TENDULKAR |
| California Institute of Technology, USA |
| Robo-AO: Science of Huge AO Surveys |
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The Robo-AO instrument (built as a collaboration between Caltech and IUCAA) is the first completely automated adaptive optics system. It operates a own UV laser beacon and acquires images with FWHM of 100 milli-arcseconds on the visible camera. The efficiency of the automated system allows observations of about 200 targets per night. This has opened up a niche area of high-resolution imaging surveys with thousands of targets. The speaker shall discuss the design and performance of Robo-AO as well as the science that it has facilitated. |
| IUCAA Lecture Hall, Bhaskara 1 |
| February 5, 2013, 11:00 hrs. |