Computer Simulation of Segmented Mirrors for large Optical Telescopes

The main objective of this book is designing Next Generation Optical Telescope (NGOT) to gather information from a far region of space and illustrates with simulation the Adaptive Optics system. The Quality of images and spectra taken at ground-based astronomical observations is degraded by distortions in the Earth's atmosphere. Compensation of the atmospheric seeing can be achieved using the technology of Adaptive Optics, a technique which is being pursued by every major ground-based observatory. The techniques of adaptive Optics are those by which telescope optics is adjusted on a rapid time scale to compensate for distortions in the wave front entering a telescope.

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R.N.Hassan is an assistant prof. and vice presidant in Al-karkh university of science, got B.Sc.(1998),M.Sc. (image processing 2002),Ph.D.(remote sensing 2012) in Baghdad Univ., he taught courses in astronomical techniques, astronomical applications for elementary level and adaptive optics, fourier optics for advanced level in astronomy and space.