most citedThe Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA): Design, Technical Overview and Performance

224 citations · 312 across the 5 of their papers we have counts for

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astro-ph.IM2016★ 12 cited

Wave-front error breakdown in LGS MOAO validated on-sky by CANARY

O. A. Martin, É. Gendron., G. Rousset +7

CANARY is the multi-object adaptive optics (MOAO) on-sky pathfinder developed in the perspective of Multi-Object Spectrograph on Extremely Large Telescopes~(ELTs). In 2013, CANARY…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 37 cited

Experience with wavefront sensor and deformable mirror interfaces for wide-field adaptive optics systems

A. G. Basden, D. Atkinson, N. A. Bharmal +56

Recent advances in adaptive optics (AO) have led to the implementation of wide field-of-view AO systems. A number of wide-field AO systems are also planned for the forthcoming Extr…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 224 cited

The Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA): Design, Technical Overview and Performance

Will Sutherland, Jim Emerson, Gavin Dalton +19

The Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) is the 4-metre wide-field survey telescope at ESO's Paranal Observatory, equipped with the world's largest near-infr…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 24 cited

Analysis of on-sky MOAO performance of CANARY using natural guide stars

Fabrice Vidal, Eric Gendron, Gerard Rousset +13

The first on-sky results obtained by CANARY, the Multi-Object Adaptive Optics (MOAO) demonstrator, are analysed. The data were recorded at the William Herschel Telescope, at the en…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 15 cited

Real-time correlation reference update for astronomical adaptive optics

Alastair Basden

The use of laser guide stars in astronomical adaptive optics results in elongated Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor image patterns. Image correlation techniques can be used to determ…