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Altair Optical Bench Alignment

Date: 10/16/2002
Credit: Gemini Observatory

ALTAIR (ALTtitude congugate Adaptive optics for the InfraRed) is the facility natural/laser guide star adaptive optics system of the Gemini North telescope. It can feed a corrected beam to Gemini instruments NIRI and NIFS. Deploying ALTAIR is "transparent" for the science instrument, as it reproduces the telescope focal ratio (f/16), pupil size and pupil position.

Altair Optical Bench Alignment
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