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Adaptive Optics Facilities in Operation
Nasmyth Adaptive Optics with Near IR imaging: NACO
Multi- Application Curvature Adaptive Optics for VLTI: MACAO All four 8-m telescopes equiped !
Adaptive Optics assisted Near IR 3D spectrograph: SINFONI
Adaptive Optics for an IR Echelle Spectrograph: CRIRES

Adaptive Optics Facilities in Development
Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics Demonstrator: MAD
HOT: High-Order Test-bench
Sphere: Spectro-Polarimetric High-contrast Exoplanet REsearch
The VLT Adaptive Optics Facility and its components: GALACSI the ground layer AO for MUSE GRAAL the ground layer AO for Hawk-I DSM the deformable secondary mirror ASSIST the test-bench for the AO Facility

Adaptive Optics Research & Development
ESO Adaptive Optics Roadmap (coming soon)
FP-6 OPTICON - Joint Research Activity: Adaptive Optics
Adaptive Optics simulations activities
ESO Real Time Computer Platform for Adaptive Optics
Astroclimatology of ESO sites

General Information about AOD
What is Adaptive Optics?
AO Press Releases and Photos (coming soon)
ESO Adaptive Optics astronomical papers (coming soon)
AO Department Staff and Contact Information
Link to Laser Guide Star activities