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MAD: Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics Demonstrator


MAD Installation at Paranal

The MAD dimounting has been completed on January 26th and the demonstrator has been shipped to Paranal Observatory on January 30th. The MAD boxes have been delivered in Paranal on February 6th the installation started on February 10th. In this page we will show a daily update of all the MAD installation activities lasting for about 1 month. MAD is being installed at the Nasmyth Focus A of the VLT UT3 (Melipal) telescope. The first observing night has been scheduled for March 26th and the observing run will consist of 8 nights in total.

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