In this talk, I will present the Adaptive Optics Facility (AOF) and the MUSE instrument at VLT/UT4. AOF is the new generation cutting-edge adaptive optics system for the instruments at UT4. With the high-performance deformable secondary mirror and 4 laser guide stars system, AOF enables to correct atmospheric turbulence effects on the optical wavelength, facilitating the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) in capturing remarkably sharper images in either seeing enhanced mode or full-AO mode. MUSE is an Integral Field Spectrograph located at the Nasmyth B focus of UT4. It has a modular structure composed of 24 identical integral-field units (IFU) a near-contiguous 1 squared arcmin field of view in Wide Field Mode (WFM) and a 7.5 x 7.5 arcsecond field of view in Narrow Field Mode (NFM). It enables a wide range of science from the solar system, exoplanets, galaxy formation and evolution, to cosmology.
BIO
Fuyan Bian, currently serving as a Support Astronomer at VLT/UT4 and Instrument Scientist for MUSE and HAWK-I. He obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees from Tsinghua University and completed his Ph.D. at the University of Arizona in 2013. From 2013 to 2018, he held the position of Stromlo Fellow at the Australian National University. In 2018, he joined the European Southern Observatory (ESO) as a Staff Astronomer based in Chile.
Host: Shude Mao
