MAD integration
MAD, the Multi-conjugate Adaptive optics Demonstrator, is a prototype instrument developed at ESO to evaluate various technologies that will be used with the next generation of instruments and telescopes. The goal is to achieve a full correction of the atmospheric turbulences over a large field of view, using several reference stars, some natural ones, and some artificial laser guide stars. MAD is seen during its integration in the instrumentation lab.
Credit:ESO
About the Image
Id: | mad-integration |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 3 December 2009, 23:19 |
Size: | 2552 x 1920 px |
About the Object
Name: | MAD |
Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Instrument |
Category: | Paranal |