MCAO Point SpreadFunctions

PSF Files:

V (0.5 microns) - AO_psf49_000.fits

R (0.7 microns) - AO_psf49_001.fits

I (0.9 microns) - AO_psf49_002.fits

J (1.2 microns) - AO_psf49_003.fits

H (1.6 microns) - AO_psf49_004.fits

K (2.2 microns) - AO_psf49_005.fits

The FITS files contain data cubes 49 layers deep, each layer representing one field point in the 7x7 grid, in raster-scan order (1=upper left, 49=lower right). Pixel scale and other image information is in the FITS header.

Typical set of MCAO Point Spread Functions (this set happens to be for 0.9 microns)

Field geometry for MCAO simulation showing 5 laser guidestar tomography constellation and a 7x7 grid of PSF locations.
Contact: Don Gavel, UCO/Lick Observatory, UC Santa Cruz, gavel@ucolick.org
Simulation Input File - with definitions of the AO system assumptions