From Keck to Future 30-m ELT

Caption:
Animation showing the improvement in resolution in the central 0.5'' of the Galaxy from seeing-limited to Keck + Adaptive Optics to future Extremely Large Telescopes + Adaptive Optics. Actual orbits are shown in the seeing-limited and Keck cases, while additional simulated orbits are included for the ELT case. See a side-by-side comparison in the 3-panel animation below.



Astro 2010 White Paper: The Galactic Center: A Laboratory for Fundamental Astrophysics and Galactic Nuclei



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Additional Animations and Images:

	3 panel animation comparing seeing-limited, Keck+NGAO, and ELT+AO   MOV format   GIF format
	Seeing-limited image of the central 0.5''
	Image of the central 0.5'' as seen with Keck+AO
	Stellar orbits in the central 0.5'' as seen with Keck+AO
	Image of the central 0.5'' expected with Keck+NGAO
	Stellar orbits in the central 0.5'' expected with Keck+NGAO
	Image of the central 0.5'' expected with ELT+AO
	Stellar orbits in the central 0.5'' expected with ELT+AO