Abstract

The University of Hawaii adaptive optics (AO) group is now been using their AO system at the CFHT Cassegrain focus to make astronomical observations. Having spent large amounts of time reducing that data from these observing runs, we have developed procedures at the telescope to ensure good quality data whilst also attempting to reduce the observing overhead. While the UH AO system is a low order natural guide star system, we feel that the lessons learned from this system should be broadly relevant to most AO systems.

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