Orbiting Configurable Artificial Star (ORCAS) for Visible Adaptive Optics from the Ground

Abstract

Small scale space mission to enabling Adaptive Optics (AO) for a variety of targets across the sky at visible wavelengths for a range of telescopes on the ground that could transform many key areas in astronomy. Establish through a reformulation study how such advances could be achieved and accommodated by astrophysics science communities.