Lick Observatory, Mt.Hamilton, California		W. M. Keck Observatory, Hawaii

POWER OF ADAPTIVE OPTICS ON KECK

POWER OF ADAPTIVE OPTICS DEMONSTRATED ON URANUS Near infrared images of Uranus before and after the AO system on Keck was turned on. The images on the left show Uranus at K' (2.2 micron) and H (1.6 micron) bands as we saw the planet before Keck was equipped with Adaptive Optics. On the right you see the improvement in image quality (sharpening) after the AO system was turned on. (Image credit: Heidi B. Hammel and Imke de Pater) See Press Release Keck Power-of-AO 2004