ALTAIR, Gemini North SCAO: challenges and performances review

Christophe S. Clergeon; John White; Eduardo Tapia; Andrew Stephens; Thomas Schneider; Emma Kurz; Jesse Ball; Hawi Stecher; Atsuko Nitta; Vincent Garrel; Garima Singh; Julian Christou; Andy Adamson

doi:10.1117/12.3020913

19 July 2024 ALTAIR, Gemini North SCAO: challenges and performances review

Christophe S. Clergeon, John White, Eduardo Tapia, Andrew Stephens, Thomas Schneider, Emma Kurz, Jesse Ball, Hawi Stecher, Atsuko Nitta, Vincent Garrel, Garima Singh, Julian Christou, Andy Adamson

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Proceedings Volume 13096, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy X; 130969I (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020913
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2024, Yokohama, Japan

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ALTAIR, the Gemini North single conjugated Adaptive Optics system has been Gemini AO facility instrument since 2003. Used every single night for the Gemini primary mirror tunning, ALTAIR has been allocated for GEMini NIR instruments science programs including the Near Infrared Integral-field Spectrograph (NIFS), the Near Infrared Imager (NIRI) and the Gemini multi-function spectrograph (GNIRS). In this proceeding, we propose to review the actual performances of our 20 years old AO system. We will also describe the main instrument failure (Slow focus camera, Deformable mirror) that we had to fix to keep ALTAIR alive until the GNAO instrument venue (5 years from now).

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Christophe S. Clergeon, John White, Eduardo Tapia, Andrew Stephens, Thomas Schneider, Emma Kurz, Jesse Ball, Hawi Stecher, Atsuko Nitta, Vincent Garrel, Garima Singh, Julian Christou, and Andy Adamson "ALTAIR, Gemini North SCAO: challenges and performances review", Proc. SPIE 13096, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy X, 130969I (19 July 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020913

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