Multi-conjugate adaptive optics images of the Trapezium cluster*

Authors :: Bouy, H.
Kolb, J.
Marchetti, E.
Martín, E. L.
Huélamo, N.
Barrado y Navascués, D.
Bouy, H.
Kolb, J.
Marchetti, E.
Martín, E. L.
Huélamo, N.
Barrado y Navascués, D.
Source :: Astronomy and Astrophysics; January 2008, Vol. 477 Issue: 2 p681-690, 10p
Publication Year :: 2008
Abstract: Context.Multi-conjugate adaptive optics (MCAO) combine the advantages of both standard adaptive optics, which provide high contrast and high spatial resolution, and of wide field imaging (≈1'). Up to recently, MCAO for astronomy was limited to laboratory experiments. In this paper, we present the first scientific results obtained with the first MCAO instrument.