S. Esposito,1 A. Riccardihttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5460-2929,1 E. Pinna,1 A. T. Puglisi,1 F. Quirós-Pacheco,1 C. Arcidiacono,2 M. Xompero,1 R. Briguglio,1 L. Busoni,1 L. Fini,1 J. Argomedo,1 A. Gherardi,1 G. Agapito,1 G. Brusa,3 D. L. Miller,3 J. C. Guerra Ramon,3 K. Boutsia,3 P. Stefanini1
1INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri (Italy) 2INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna (Italy) 3LBT Observatory, The Univ. of Arizona (United States)
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This paper summarizes the activities and the principal results achieved during the commissioning of the two Natural
Guide Star (NGS) AO systems called FLAO#1 & 2 installed at the bent Gregorian focal stations of the 2x8.4m Large
Binocular Telescope (LBT). The commissioning activities of FLAO#1 took place in the period February 2010 - October
2011, while FLAO#2 commissioning started in December 2011 and should be completed by November 2012. The main
results of the commissioning campaign are presented in terms of the H-band Strehl Ratio values achieved under different observing conditions. We will also describe the automatic procedures to configure and set-up the FLAO systems, and in particular the modal gain optimization procedure, which has been proven to be a very important one in achieving the
nominal performance. Finally, some of the results achieved in two science runs using the near infra-red camera PISCES
are briefly highlighted.
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S. Esposito, A. Riccardi, E. Pinna, A. T. Puglisi, F. Quirós-Pacheco, C. Arcidiacono, M. Xompero, R. Briguglio, L. Busoni, L. Fini, J. Argomedo, A. Gherardi, G. Agapito, G. Brusa, D. L. Miller, J. C. Guerra Ramon, K. Boutsia, P. Stefanini, "Natural guide star adaptive optics systems at LBT: FLAO commissioning and science operations status," Proc. SPIE 8447, Adaptive Optics Systems III, 84470U (13 September 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.927109