A CSO Submillimeter Active Optics System - DSOS |
DSOS Presentation Agenda |
DSOS - RMS Surface Deviations, 1998 |
DSOS Specification & Prototyping |
DSOS System Diagram |
DSOS Simplified Block Diagram |
DSOS Standoff Assembly |
DSOS Dish Wiring & Plumbing |
DSOS System Racks |
DSOS 99 Channel Controller Unit |
DSOS 99 Channel Controller Unit (cont.) |
DSOS 25 Channel Driver Unit |
DSOS 25 Channel Driver Unit (cont.) |
DSOS - Calibration
& Zenith Angle Lookup Tables |
DSOS Length Change Capability |
DSOS Performance |
First Glimmer - 692GHz
Rx 14% Improvement |
First Light - SHARC2 27% Improvement |
DSOS Performance - Feb. 2003 |
DSOS - Performance SHARCII - April 2003 |
DSOS - Performance 50% Peak, 18% FWHM - 2004 |
DSOS - Performance 10 µm RMS - April 2005 |
DSOS - Improvements 70% Improvement - July 2005 |
SHARC2 Move from Cassegrain to N2 |
DSOS - Improvements N2 Optimization |
SHARC2 Observations Fomalhaut & Epsilon Eridani |
SHARC2 Observations Star Formation |
SHARC2 Observations M51/Whirlpool Galaxy |
SHARC2 Observations Antennae Galaxies |
SHARC2 Observations ARP 84 |
High Redshift
Detection z ~4.4 |
CSO SHARC2
Collaborations Variability of Sgr A* |
CSO SHARC2
Collaborations Variability of Sgr A* (2) |
DSOS Conclusion |