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Originally Posted by JA
According to the info in the video, the 4th mirror in the telescope, the adaptive mirror has 8000 actuators and is 2.4m in diameter. So if those actuators are spread around the mirror, then there is every reason to expect that the adaptive optics will control its whole field and therefore help to maintain focus/sharpness across the field. That is not to say it would be easy especially at 1000 Hz.
It definitely will be a sight to behold in whatever it is.. 4years or so.
Best
JA
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I don't know if that's true.
Information on the f ratios for the ELT is here:
https://www.eso.org/sci/facilities/e...escope/design/
I couldn't find any specification requirements for the adaptive optics here:
https://www.eso.org/sci/facilities/develop/ao/str.html
cheers
Allan