Dr. Patrick J. McCarthy Profile

Dr. Patrick J. McCarthy

Director at GMTO Corp

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Proceedings Article | 6 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Overview and status of the Giant Magellan Telescope project

James Fanson, Patrick McCarthy, Rebecca Bernstein, George Angeli, David Ashby, Bruce Bigelow, Antonin Bouchez, William Burgett, Eric Chauvin, Adam Contos, Francisco Figueroa, Peter Gray, Frank Groark, Robert Laskin, Rafael Millan-Gabet, Andrew Rakich, Rodrigo Sandoval, Marti Pi, Nune Wheeler

Proceedings Volume 10700, 1070012 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313340

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Mirrors, Observatories, Optical instrument design, Spectrographs, Wavefront sensors, Adaptive optics, Control systems, Interfaces

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Proceedings Article | 8 August 2016 Paper

Overview and status of the Giant Magellan Telescope Project

Patrick McCarthy, James Fanson, Rebecca Bernstein, David Ashby, Bruce Bigelow, Nune Boyadjian, Antonin Bouchez, Eric Chauvin, Eduardo Donoso, Jose Filgueira, Robert Goodrich, Frank Groark, George Jacoby, Eric Pearce

Proceedings Volume 9906, 990612 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2234505

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Mirrors, Adaptive optics, Optical instrument design, Observatories, Prototyping, Adaptive optics, Spectrographs, Glasses, Wind measurement, Polishing

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2014 Paper

Overview and status of the Giant Magellan Telescope project

Rebecca Bernstein, Patrick McCarthy, Keith Raybould, Bruce Bigelow, Atonin Bouchez, José Filgueira, George Jacoby, Matt Johns, David Sawyer, Stephen Shectman, Michael Sheehan

Proceedings Volume 9145, 91451C (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055282

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Mirrors, Adaptive optics, Space telescopes, Image segmentation, Wavefront sensors, Observatories, Control systems, Spectrographs, Stars

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Proceedings Article | 24 September 2012 Paper

The instrument development and selection process for the Giant Magellan Telescope

George Jacoby, A. Bouchez, M. Colless, D. DePoy, D. Fabricant, P. Hinz, D. Jaffe, M. Johns, P. McCarthy, P. McGregor, S. Shectman, A. Szentgyorgyi

Proceedings Volume 8446, 84461G (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925402

KEYWORDS: Spectrographs, Telescopes, Spectroscopy, Stars, Adaptive optics, Imaging systems, Mirrors, Wavefront sensors, Galactic astronomy, Computer aided design

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Proceedings Article | 17 September 2012 Paper

Giant Magellan Telescope: overview

Matt Johns, Patrick McCarthy, Keith Raybould, Antonin Bouchez, Arash Farahani, Jose Filgueira, George Jacoby, Steve Shectman, Michael Sheehan

Proceedings Volume 8444, 84441H (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926716

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Adaptive optics, Mirrors, Observatories, Space telescopes, Stars, Optical instrument design, Atmospheric optics, Lanthanum, Astronomy

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Proceedings Article | 7 August 2010 Paper

Giant Magellan Telescope site testing seeing and turbulence statistics

Gabriel Prieto, Joanna Thomas-Osip, Mark Phillips, Patrick McCarthy, Matt Johns

Proceedings Volume 7733, 77334O (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.858037

KEYWORDS: Turbulence, Telescopes, Lanthanum, Liquid crystal on silicon, Space telescopes, Observatories, Scintillation, Motion measurement, Atmospheric optics, Domes

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Proceedings Article | 7 August 2010 Paper

Giant Magellan Telescope site testing: PWV statistics and calibration

Joanna Thomas-Osip, Gabriel Prieto, Andrew McWilliam, Mark Phillips, Patrick McCarthy, Matt Johns, Richard Querel, David Naylor

Proceedings Volume 7733, 77334N (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857982

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Lanthanum, Liquid crystal on silicon, Telescopes, Atmospheric modeling, Mid-IR, Astronomy, Observatories, Astronomical telescopes, Infrared radiation

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Proceedings Article | 4 August 2010 Paper

Giant Magellan Telescope site testing: summary

Joanna Thomas-Osip, Patrick McCarthy, Gabriel Prieto, Mark Phillips, Matt Johns

Proceedings Volume 7733, 77331L (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856934

KEYWORDS: Lanthanum, Liquid crystal on silicon, Telescopes, Turbulence, Clouds, Observatories, Space telescopes, Humidity, Pollution, Meteorology

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Proceedings Article | 15 July 2010 Paper

Science instrument development for the Giant Magellan Telescope

D. Jaffe, D. DePoy, D. Fabricant, P. Hinz, G. Jacoby, M. Johns, P. McCarthy, P. McGregor, S. Shectman, A. Szentgyorgyi

Proceedings Volume 7735, 773525 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856619

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Stars, Galactic astronomy, Space telescopes, Spatial resolution, Astronomy, Spectrographs, Planets, Mirrors, Adaptive optics

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Proceedings Article | 15 July 2010 Paper

Scientific potential of ground layer adaptive optics on large telescopes

Patrick McCarthy

Proceedings Volume 7736, 77360A (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.861446

KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Galactic astronomy, Stars, Spectrographs, Large telescopes, Signal to noise ratio, Telescopes, Point spread functions, Sensors, Turbulence

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Proceedings Article | 9 July 2008 Paper

The FourStar infrared camera

S. Persson, Robert Barkhouser, Christoph Birk, Randy Hammond, Albert Harding, E. Koch, J. Marshall, Patrick McCarthy, David Murphy, Joe Orndorff, Gregg Scharfstein, Stephen Shectman, Stephen Smee, Alan Uomoto

Proceedings Volume 7014, 70142V (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.790015

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Telescopes, Cameras, Optical alignment, Optical filters, Infrared cameras, Data acquisition, Staring arrays, Space telescopes, Interfaces

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Proceedings Article | 28 September 2004 Paper

Status of the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) project

Matt Johns, J. Roger Angel, Stephen Shectman, Rebecca Bernstein, Daniel Fabricant, Patrick McCarthy, Mark Phillips

Proceedings Volume 5489, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.550741

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Telescopes, Adaptive optics, Image segmentation, Off axis mirrors, Polishing, Optical instrument design, Astronomical telescopes, Optical design, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 28 July 2000 Paper

Widefield camera 3 for the Hubble Space Telescope

Edward Cheng, Robert Hill, John MacKenty, Laura Cawley, Patricia Knezek, Ray Kutina, Casey Lisse, Olivia Lupie, Massimo Robberto, Massimo Stiavelli, Robert O'Connell, Bruce Balick, H. Bond, Daniela Calzetti, M. Carollo, Mike Disney, Mike Dopita, J. Frogel, Donald Hall, J. Hester, John Holtzman, Gerard Luppino, P. McCarthy, Francesco Paresce, Abhijit Saha, J. Silk, John Trauger, A. Walker, B. Whitmore, R. Windhorst, Erick Young

Proceedings Volume 4013, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.394020

KEYWORDS: Stars, Cameras, Hubble Space Telescope, Astronomy, Galactic astronomy, Sensors, Space telescopes, Charge-coupled devices, Ultraviolet radiation, Planets

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