Category: Optical/IR Instrument

Australian Astronomical Optics (AAO) team at Macquarie University has passed the Critical Design Review (CDR) for the Gemini North telescope’s new Adaptive Optics Bench (AOB). A core instrument that will sharpen Gemini North’s view of space, the AOB works by correcting distortions caused by Earth’s atmosphere. Professor Jon Lawrence, Principal…

GHOST Instrument Commissioned at Gemini South Observatory The GHOST instrument been successfully commissioned on the Gemini South Telescope, one of the world’s most powerful optical telescopes. Gemini South in Chile is one half of the International Gemini Observatory, operated by NSF’s NOIRLab. The AAO is the prime contractor for GHOST…

Designed and built by AAO, the AESOP (Australian-European Southern Observatory Positioner) arrived in Potsdam, Germany in late 2021. AESOP is an optical fibre positioner unit for the 4MOST instrument currently under construction for the 4-metre diameter VISTA telescope in Chile, which is operated by the European Southern Observatory (ESO). The…