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ONERA selected to design a laser-assisted tomographic adaptive optics bench for the Gemini North Telescope in Hawaii

Published on 31/10/2022
L’ONERA sélectionné pour concevoir un banc d’optique adaptative tomographique assisté par Laser pour le télescope Gemini Nord, à Hawaï

At the beginning of October, ONERA (the French Aerospace Lab) signed a consortium agreement with the Australian Astronomical Optics (AAO-Macquarie) and the Grenoble-based company ALPAO. They will participate in a competitive phase A study to design a Laser Tomographic Adaptive Optics (LTAO) bench that will provide the Gemini North telescope in Hawaii with infrared images to observe distant galaxies.

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