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0px;"/></a>NAOMI, or the New Adaptive Optics Module for Interferometry, is about to put the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) on steroids. NAOMI modules will be installed on each of <a href="/web/20170624022715/http://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/vlt/auxiliarytelescopes/">ESO’s 1.8-metre Auxiliary Telescopes (ATs)</a>, which form part of the VLTI at <a href="/web/20170624022715/http://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/paranal/">Paranal Observatory</a>, bringing adaptive optics technology to the ATs.</p> <p>Why? The ATs were equipped originally with a visible-light sensor called STRAP or System for Tip/tilt Removal with Avalanche Photodiodes. The STRAP system used a fast steering mirror to correct the slight, but rapid motion of the image of a star caused by the turbulence of the Earth's atmosphere. Under good <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170624022715/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical_seeing">seeing</a> conditions, STRAP provided corrections that allowed astronomers to detect fainter objects in the Universe. But the system has limitations — as soon the conditions in the atmosphere degrade below a seeing of 1 <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170624022715/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minute_and_second_of_arc">arcsecond</a>, the quality of the observations decays instantly. With NAOMI, the observations will be able to continue even when the conditions are less than superb, and they will be better under all conditions.</p> <p><a href="/web/20170624022715/http://www.eso.org/public/images/potw1401a/"><img src="/web/20170624022715im_/http://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/potwmedium/potw1401a.jpg" border="0" alt="Paranal Nights" width="220" height="140" style="padding: 10px 0px 10px 20px; float: right; border: 0px;"/></a> The goal of the project is to equip all four ATs with NAOMI modules, which contain a basic adaptive optics system, in place of the current STRAP sensor. As the ATs are small telescopes, they don’t require an advanced AO system such as <a href="/web/20170624022715/http://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/paranal-observatory/vlt/vlt-instr/sphere/">SPHERE</a>: NAOMI’s simpler implementation is sufficient to get the job done. With NAOMI, the ATs will be less sensitive to atmospheric conditions. The sensitivity of the VLTI’s current instruments like <a href="/web/20170624022715/http://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/vlt/vlt-instr/midi/">MIDI</a>, <a href="/web/20170624022715/http://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/vlt/vlt-instr/amber/">AMBER</a> and <a href="/web/20170624022715/http://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/vlt/vlt-instr/pionier/">PIONIER</a> will be improved and second generation instruments like <a href="/web/20170624022715/http://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/vlt/vlt-instr/gravity/">GRAVITY</a> will be able to reach their full potential.</p> <p><em></em>NAOMI has two modes. The Full Adaptive Optics mode is the normal way in which NAOMI compensates for atmospheric turbulence, wind shake and telescope errors, while Tip-tilt mode is used for specific instruments like MIDI or MATISSE, and can be used on much fainter stars than the Full AO mode.</p> <p>The first NAOMI module will arrive on Paranal in 2016, and the remaining three systems will be installed by the end of 2017.</p> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <table class="table table-bordered" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <h3>NAOMI</h3> <p><small>The authoritative technical specifications as offered for astronomical observations are available from the <a href="/web/20170624022715/http://www.eso.org/sci/libraries/SPIE2014/9146-45.pdf">Science Operation page</a>.</small></p> <table class="table"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="30" valign="top"><strong>Site:</strong></td> <td valign="top">Paranal Observatory<br/></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="30" valign="top"><strong>Telescope:</strong></td> <td valign="top"><a href="/web/20170624022715/http://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/vlt/auxiliarytelescopes/">ESO 1.8-metre Auxiliary Telescopes (ATs)</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><strong>Focus:</strong></td> <td valign="top">Nasmyth</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><strong>Type:</strong></td> <td valign="top">Interferometer and spectrograph</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><strong>Wavelength coverage:</strong></td> <td valign="top">Near-infrared</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><strong>Spatial resolution:</strong></td> <td valign="top"><br/></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><strong>Spectral resolution:</strong></td> <td valign="top"><br/></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><strong>First light date:</strong></td> <td valign="top">End of 2017</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><strong>Images taken with the instrument:</strong></td> <td valign="top"></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><strong>Images of the instrument:</strong></td> <td valign="top"><a href="/web/20170624022715/http://www.eso.org/public/images/?search=Auxiliary+Telescopes">Link</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><strong>Press Releases with the instrument:</strong></td> <td valign="top"><a href="/web/20170624022715/http://www.eso.org/public/news/?search=NAOMI">Link</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><strong>Science goals:</strong></td> <td valign="top">Adaptive optics system to improve VLTI</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <p><strong>Consortium:</strong></p> </td> <td style="text-align: left;" valign="top"> <p>ESO in-house project together with <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170624022715/http://ipag.osug.fr/">IPAG</a> <span style="background-color: #f5f5f5; font-family: Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, "Courier New", monospace; font-size: 12px;"> </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="row footernote"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-4"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170624022715/mailto:information@eso.org">Send us your comments!</a> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-4"> <a href="/web/20170624022715/http://www.eso.org/public/outreach/newsletters/esonews/">Subscribe to receive news from ESO in your language</a> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-4"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170624022715/https://www.cdn77.com/">Accelerated by CDN77</a> </div> </div> <link href="/web/20170624022715cs_/http://www.eso.org/public/archives/app/css/extras.66957e81db8d.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/> <script type="text/javascript">var MEDIA_URL = "/public/archives/"</script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/web/20170624022715js_/http://www.eso.org/public/archives/app/js/main.23a8db54d0f0.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div>  <script type="text/javascript" src="//web.archive.org/web/20170624022715js_/http://s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=epod" async></script> </body> </html>