Adaptive Optics Imaging of Binary Stars

美国空军星火光学靶场位于新墨西哥州阿尔伯克基附近的柯特兰空军基地，哈罗德AST-9421259正在提供支持，利用1.%米望远镜的自适应光学系统对选定的双星群进行高空间分辨率研究。Starfire自适应光学系统的独特功能为直接成像角度间隔小至0.1角秒的双星提供了机会。这将允许精确测量数百颗双星在角分离制度下的微分星等和颜色，这对此类研究来说是前所未有的。***

ABSTRACT McAlister, Harold AST-9421259 Support is being provided to carry out a program of high spatial resolution studies of selected groups of binary stars using the adaptive optics system of the 1.%m telescope at the U.S. Air Force Starfire Optical Range located on Kirtland Air Force Base near Albuquerque, New Mexico. The unique capabilities of the Starfire adaptive optics system provide the opportunity for directly imaging binaries with angular separations as small as 0.1 arcsecond. This will permit the accurate measurement of differential magnitudes and colors for hundreds of binary stars in a regime of angular separation never before available to such studies. * * *