ATI: Adaptive Optics System for 1.6-m Solar Telescope in Big Bear

新泽西理工学院与夏威夷大学和韩国国家天文台合作，正在建造世界上最大口径的太阳望远镜。1.6米口径的离轴新太阳望远镜将取代大熊太阳观测站的主望远镜，其口径为65厘米。该项目正在进行中，预计2006年底第一盏灯亮起。已经为目前的65厘米望远镜和76厘米国家太阳观测台Dunn望远镜开发了一个76元件自适应光学系统。为了充分利用新的1.6米望远镜的科学能力，在新太阳望远镜安装之后，将立即将76个元件的自适应光学系统经修改后转移到该望远镜。

New Jersey Institute of Technology, in collaboration with the University of Hawaii and the Korean National Observatory, is building the world's largest aperture solar telescope. The 1.6 m aperture, off-axis, New Solar Telescope will replace Big Bear Solar Observatory's principal telescope with its 65 cm aperture. The project is under way; first light is anticipated at the end of 2006. A 76-element adaptive optics system for the current 65 cm telescope and the 76 cm National Solar Observatory Dunn telescope has already been developed. To fully utilize the scientific capability of the new 1.6 m telescope, the 76-element adaptive optics system will be transferred, with modifications, to the New Solar Telescope immediately after that telescope is installed.