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20042023
most citedLarge Binocular Telescope Adaptive Optics System: New achievements and perspectives in adaptive optics

75 citations · 218 across the 6 of their papers we have counts for

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6 papers

astro-ph.IM2023★ 5 cited

SOUL at LBT: commissioning results, science and future

Enrico Pinna, Fabio Rossi, Guido Agapito +27

The SOUL systems at the Large Bincoular Telescope can be seen such as precursor for the ELT SCAO systems, combining together key technologies such as EMCCD, Pyramid WFS and adaptiv…

astro-ph.GA2019★ 1 cited

3C 294 revisited: Deep Large Binocular Telescope AO NIR images and optical spectroscopy

J. Heidt, A. Quirrenbach, N. Hoyer +11

Context. High redshift radio galaxies are among the most massive galaxies at their redshift, are often found at the center of protoclusters of galaxies, and are expected to evolve…

astro-ph.IM2012★ 75 cited

Large Binocular Telescope Adaptive Optics System: New achievements and perspectives in adaptive optics

Simone Esposito, Armando Riccardi, Enrico Pinna +15

The Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) is a unique telescope featuring two co-mounted optical trains with 8.4m primary mirrors. The telescope Adaptive Optics (AO) system uses two inno…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 50 cited

High Resolution Images of Orbital Motion in the Orion Trapezium Cluster with the LBT Adaptive Optics System

L. M. Close, A. Puglisi, J. R. Males +28

The new 8.4m LBT adaptive secondary AO system, with its novel pyramid wavefront sensor, was used to produce very high Strehl (75% at 2.16 microns) near infrared narrowband (Br gamm…

astro-ph.EP2012★ 74 cited

LBT observations of the HR 8799 planetary system: First detection of HR8799e in H band

S. Esposito, D. Mesa, A. Skemer +33

We have performed H and Ks band observations of the planetary system around HR 8799 using the new AO system at the Large Binocular Telescope and the PISCES Camera. The excellent in…

astro-ph2004★ 13 cited

High Resolution Mid - Infrared Imaging of the AGB Star RV Boo with the Steward Observatory Adaptive Optics System

B. A. Biller, L. M. Close, A. Li +9

We present high resolution (~0.1"), very high Strehl ratio (0.97+-0.03) mid-infrared (IR) adaptive optics (AO) images of the AGB star RV Boo utilizing the MMT adaptive secondary AO…