Navy, and others) have engaged in three complementary efforts to ensure that Flagstaff and Coconino County protect the area's dark skies while meeting the needs of the various communities and providing for continued growth and development. As a result, a wide array of stakeholders (the observatories, the City, the County, local dark-sky advocates, the business and tourism communities, the national parks and monuments, the Navajo Nation, the U. The City of Flagstaff and surrounding Coconino County have comprehensive and effective dark-sky ordinances, but continued regional growth has the potential to degrade the area's dark skies to a level at which observatory missions could be compromised. Naval Observatory, and the Naval Research Laboratory. Weather prevented extensive testing and the seeing during the run was marginal but a sufficient opportunity was provided for proof-of-concept, initial characterization of closed loop performance, and to start addressing some of the most pressing engineering and scientific issues.Ī Regional, Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration for Dark-Sky Protection in Flagstaff, Arizonaįlagstaff, Arizona is home to almost $200M in astronomical assets, including Lowell Observatory's 4.3-meter Discovery Channel Telescope and the Navy Precision Optical Interferometer, a partnership of Lowell, the U. The system was tested during an engineering run in late July 2002 at the Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station one-meter telescope. The system also enables quick calibration procedures, stable performance, and automatic adaptability to various pupil configurations. Key hardware design characteristics enable portability, easy mounting, and stable alignment. The system has a footprint of 18x24x18 inches and weighs less than 100 lbs. The system was developed as a joint venture between the Naval Research Laboratory, Air Force Research Laboratory, and two small, New Mexico based-businesses. In this paper we present results using a compact, portable adaptive optics system. Martinez, Ty DiVittorio, Michael Mozurkewich, David Friedman, Jeffrey Results from a portable Adaptive Optics system on the 1 meter telescope at the Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station
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