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Mt. Wilson 100 Inch Telescope ADOPT System
The Mt. Wilson 100 inch telescope adaptive optics system, ADOPT, was
developed by Dr. Christopher Shelton and saw first light in 1995. Riptide
Realtime was the primary software developer and also designed and
built various hardware interfaces. Riptide delivered the following:
- The Adoptics® real-time adaptive optics system
control, graphical user interface and 8-DSP signal processing software.
- Fiber optic receivers and data distribution logic for DM
high voltage amplifier
electronics
- Power distribution for DM driver electronics, laser diodes, wavefront
sensor electronics
- Control software for opto-mechanical actuators
- Ethernet connectivity software to other observatory
instruments.
- Technical support, system administration,
software and hardware maintenance, upgrades and documentation.
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Images of 52 Herculis (Triple star) acquired with the ADOPT system
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