Subject: Re: Draft SOW

From: John Rayner <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1999 15:50:44 -1000 (HST)

Doug,

>in a fraction of the time. This system will specifically target
planetary observations and will produce images of the planets
that will exceed many of those from spacecraft.  

AO should be targeted to improve spatial resolution and 
sensitivity of IR cameras AND IR spectrographs. It will
significantly improve the quality of IRTF's planetary
projects but it can't hope to compete with most spacecraft
imaging. Increasing light through the slit will probably
enable better all round science than AO imaging...but I'm
biased.

John