Rob Ridings
European Southern Observatory
2 Papers
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Rob Ridings is an academic researcher from European Southern Observatory. The author has contributed to research in topics: Adaptive optics & Secondary mirror. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 2 publications.
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ESO adaptive optics facility progress and first laboratory test results
Robin Arsenault,Pierre-Yves Madec,Jerome Paufique,Paolo La Penna,Stefan Stroebele,E. Vernet,Jean-Francois Pirard,Wolfgang Hackenberg,Harald Kuntschner,Johann Kolb,Nicolas Muller,Aurea Garcia-Rissmann,Miska Le Louarn,Paola Amico,Norbert Hubin,Jean-Louis Lizon,Rob Ridings,Pierre Haguenauer,José Antonio Abad,G. Fischer,Volker Heinz,Mario Kiekebusch,Javier Argomedo,Ralf Conzelmann,Sebastien Tordo,Rob Donaldson,Christian Soenke,Philippe Duhoux,Enrico Fedrigo,Bernard Delabre,Andrea Jost,Michel Duchateau,Mark Downing,Javier Reyes Moreno,Antonio Manescau,Domenico Bonaccini Calia,Marco Quattri,Christophe Dupuy,I. Guidolin,Mauro Comin,Ronald Guzman,Bernard Buzzoni,J. Quentin,Steffan Lewis,Paul Jolley,M. Kraus,Thomas Pfrommer,Roberto Biasi,Daniele Gallieni,Remko Stuik,Wilhelm Kaenders,Bernhard Ernstberger,Axel Friedenauer +52 more
TL;DR: The Adaptive Optics Facility project is completing the integration of its systems at ESO Headquarters in Garching and reports on the system tests status, the performances evaluated on the ASSIST bench and advancement of the 4Laser Guide Star Facility.
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ESO Adaptive Optics Facility Progress Report
Robin Arsenault,Pierre-Yves Madec,Jerome Paufique,Paolo La Penna,Stefan Stroebele,E. Vernet,Jean-Francois Pirard,Wolfgang Hackenberg,Harald Kuntschner,Lieselotte Jochum,Johann Kolb,Nicolas Muller,Miska Le Louarn,Paola Amico,Norbert Hubin,Jean-Louis Lizon,Rob Ridings,José Antonio Abad,Gert Fischer,Volker Heinz,Mario Kiekebusch,Javier Argomedo,Ralf Conzelmann,Sebastien Tordo,Robert Donaldson,Christian Soenke,Philippe Duhoux,Enrico Fedrigo,Bernard Delabre,A. Jost,Michel Duchateau,Mark Downing,Javier Reyes Moreno,Reinhold J. Dorn,Antonio Manescau,Domenico Bonaccini Calia,Marco Quattri,Christophe Dupuy,I. Guidolin,Mauro Comin,Ronald Guzman,Bernard Buzzoni,J. Quentin,Steffan Lewis,Paul Jolley,Maximilian Kraus,Thomas Pfrommer,Roberto Biasi,Daniele Gallieni,Clémentine Béchet,Remko Stuik +50 more
TL;DR: The ESO Adaptive Optics Facility (AOF) consists in an evolution of one of the ESO VLT unit telescopes to a laser driven adaptive telescope with a deformable mirror in its optical train.