AO188 Instrument Parameters
| Spectral coverage | 0.9-5.3 um |
| Deformable morror | Bimorth mirror with 188 control electrodes |
| Wavefront sensor (WFS) | Curvature sensor with 188 photon counting APDs |
| Quantum Efficiency of WFS | 0.7 |
| Field of view | 2.7' |
| Throughput | 0.8 at JHKLM (expected) |
| Tip/tilt mount stroke | +-5'' |
| Control bandwidth | > 100 Hz, 1000 corrections/sec |
| Guide star magnitude | -1 < R < 16.5 (NGS) |
| Isoplanatic field | 1' in diameter (NGS, expected) |
05 February 2009